noun
common murre; common guillemot
A seabird species (Uria aalge). In Japanese, the name is almost always written in katakana as ウミガラス.
ウミガラスは北太平洋や北大西洋の沿岸で繁殖する。
Common murres breed on the coasts of the North Pacific and North Atlantic.
Compound of 海 (umi, 'sea') and 烏 (karasu, 'crow'), literally 'sea crow', likely from the bird's dark plumage and seabird habits.