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Synthliboramphus
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<p><i>Synthliboramphus</i> is a small <a href="/facts/Genus/m8EFjSms">genus</a> of <a href="/facts/Seabird/zmMQPeEU">seabirds</a> in the <a href="/facts/Auk/V9uVKvuv">auk</a> family from the <a href="/facts/North_Pacific/bdxgXRVM">North Pacific</a>. The genus name <i>Synthliboramphus</i> is from <a href="/facts/Ancient_Greek/LIK7NlUh">Ancient Greek</a> <i>sunthlibo</i>, "to compress", and <i>rhamphos</i>, "bill". The English name "Murrelet" is a diminutive of "murre", a word of uncertain origins, but which may imitate the call of the <a href="/facts/Common_guillemot/4XfgSyS9">common guillemot</a>. </p>