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auk

DEFINITIONS OF: auk

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n black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas

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auklet
any of several small auks of the northern Pacific coasts
Alca torda, razor-billed auk, razorbill
black-and-white northern Atlantic auk having a compressed sharp-edged bill
Plautus alle, dovekie, little auk
small short-billed auk abundant in Arctic regions
Pinguinus impennis, great auk
large flightless auk of rocky islands off northern Atlantic coasts; extinct
guillemot
small black or brown speckled auks of northern seas
Cepphus grylle, black guillemot
northern Atlantic guillemot
Cepphus columba, pigeon guillemot
northern Pacific guillemot
murre
black-and-white diving bird of northern seas
Type of:
sea bird, seabird, seafowl
a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc.
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