Alan Davidson

Guillemot

Appears in
Oxford Companion to Food
Oxford Companion to Food

By Alan Davidson

Published 2014

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guillemot Uria aalge, a salt-water diving bird of the family Alcidae, known on various European coasts. It is not normally eaten (but see iceland). Its large eggs are gathered for food in some regions.

© the Estate of Alan Davidson 1999, 2006, 2014 © in the Editor’s contribution to the second and third editions, Oxford University Press 2006, 2014.