alcidn.
/ˈalsɪd/, U.S. /ˈælsəd/ Ornithology.
Any bird of the family Alcidae; an auk.
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1885 E. W. Nelson in Ann. Rep. Board Regents Smithsonian Inst. 1884 637 The large collections of skins of Alcids, or auks, murres, &c...threw fresh light on their characters and relationships.
1934 R. T. Peterson Field Guide Birds Eastern N. Amer. 82 Brünnich's Murre... This is the only Alcid one is likely to encounter in the interior.
1958 E. T. Gilliard Living Birds of World 193/2 There are 22 species of alcids, most of them inhabitants of the colder regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
1972 L. Hancock There's Seal in my Sleeping Bag v. 76 Little is known about puffins, or indeed about any of the alcids in British Columbia.
2007 D. Paulson & L. Beletsky Alaska (rev. ed.) x. 138 Alcids are monogamous and probably mate for life, because both parents return to the same nest site each year.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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