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单词 auklet
释义

auklet

noun

auk·​let ˈȯ-klət How to pronounce auklet (audio)
: any of several small seabirds (especially genera Aethia and Ptychorhamphus) of the alcid family that occur along North Pacific coasts

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The crested auklet looks like a smiling clown that never blinks. Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Oct. 2021 Plankton-eating auklets, for instance, increased in the northern Bering Sea in 2017 and 2018, but declined in the Chukchi Sea. Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American, 26 Feb. 2020 During a monthlong visit last summer, biologist Alexis Will observed auklets diving into the water in search of copepods. Hal Bernton, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Nov. 2019 One result was the lack of juvenile anchovies and rockfish, which murres and rhinoceros auklets use to feed their chicks. Will Houston, The Mercury News, 2 Sep. 2019 Cassin’s auklets, which normally have about 75% breeding success had a rate of less than 10% this year. Will Houston, The Mercury News, 2 Sep. 2019 Here, the northern fur seals number more than half a million strong, and avian species include horned and tufted puffins, red-legged kittiwakes, and crested auklets. National Geographic, 26 Mar. 2019 More than 30 dead seabirds -- murres, auklets and puffins -- have been found near the village in recent weeks, said Ken Stenek, a high school science teacher from the village. Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 19 June 2019 Forktail storm petrels, fulmars, shearwaters, kittiwakes, auklets and puffins also died. Dan Joling, The Seattle Times, 16 Apr. 2019 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1883, in the meaning defined above

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