Auk

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Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Auk has 1 sense

auk(n = noun.animal) Array - black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas; Array

is a member of alcidae, family alcidae

has particulars: auklet, alca torda, razor-billed auk, razorbill, dovekie, little auk, plautus alle, great auk, pinguinus impennis, guillemot

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Auk, n. [Prov. E. alk; akin to Dan. alke, Icel. & Sw. alka.].

A name given to various species of arctic sea birds of the family Alcidæ. The great auk, now extinct, is Alca impennis (or Plautus impennis) . The razor-billed auk is Alca torda. See Puffin, Guillemot, and Murre. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Auk, n. any sea diving-bird of the family Alcidae, with heavy body, short wings, and black and white plumage, e.g. the guillemot, puffin, and razorbill.

Idiom

great auk an extinct flightless auk, Alca impennis. little auk a small arctic auk, Plautus alle.

Etymology

ON {aacute}lka