A5190650 (ăl′sĭd)n. See auk.[New Latin Alcidae, from Alca, type genus, coined by Carolus Linnaeus from Swedish alka, auk, ultimately from Old Norse ālka, alka.]
alcid
(ˈælsɪd) n (Animals) any of twenty-two species of oceanic birds of the family AlcidaeThesaurusSeeauk