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Auk

Auk Meaning & Definition
Auk Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Auk?

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

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See Also | Alca torda | Alcidae | auklet | dovekie | family Alcidae | great auk | guillemot | little auk | Pinguinus impennis | Plautus alle | razorbill | razor-billed auk | sea bird | seabird | seafowl

Auk In Webster's Dictionary

\Auk\, n. [Prov. E. alk; akin to Dan. alke, Icel. & Sw. alka.] (Zo["o]l.) A name given to various species of arctic sea birds of the family {Alcid[ae]}. The great auk, now extinct, is {Alca (or Plautus) impennis}. The razor-billed auk is {A. torda}. See {Puffin}, {Guillemot}, and {Murre}.

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