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A0521700 (ôk)n. Any of various diving seabirds of the family Alcidae of northern regions, having a chunky body, short wings, and webbed feet, such as the razorbill and the murres. Also called alcid.

[Norwegian alk, from Old Norse ālka.]

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(ɔːk) n1. (Animals) any of various diving birds of the family Alcidae of northern oceans having a heavy body, short tail, narrow wings, and a black-and-white plumage: order Charadriiformes. See also great auk, razorbill2. (Animals) little auk dovekie a small short-billed auk, Plautus alle, abundant in Arctic regions[C17: from Old Norse ālka; related to Swedish alka, Danish alke]

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(ɔk)

n. any of several small-winged black and white diving birds of the family Alcidae, of northern seas, having webbed feet. Compare great auk. [1665–75; < Scandinavian]

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Noun

auk - black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seassea bird, seabird, seafowl - a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc.Alcidae, family Alcidae - web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc.auklet - any of several small auks of the northern Pacific coastsAlca torda, razorbill, razor-billed auk - black-and-white northern Atlantic auk having a compressed sharp-edged billdovekie, little auk, Plautus alle - small short-billed auk abundant in Arctic regionsgreat auk, Pinguinus impennis - large flightless auk of rocky islands off northern Atlantic coasts; extinctguillemot - small black or brown speckled auks of northern seas

Translations

auk

(ôk), common name for a member of the family Alcidae (alcid family), swimming and diving birds of the N Atlantic and Pacific, which includes the guillemots and puffins. Their legs are set far back on their bodies, making them clumsy on land, where they seldom venture except to nest. The extinct, flightless great auk, Pinguinus impennis, or garefowl, represents the largest species. It was about the size of a goose, black above and grayish white below, and was formerly abundant in the N Atlantic. Slaughtered in its breeding grounds for its flesh, feathers, and oil, it became extinct c.1844. The least auklet (about 6 1-2 in./16.3 cm), common in the Bering Sea region, is the smallest of the family, and the razor-billed auk, Alca torda (16–18 in./40–45 cm), is the largest surviving member. The Eskimos hunt the dovekie (Plautus alle), or little auk, for food and use its feathered skin for clothing. Auks return to the same breeding grounds every year, and each individual goes to the very same nesting site. The single egg is laid on bare rock on cliff ledges, and incubation duties are shared by both parents. Auks are classified in the phylum ChordataChordata
, phylum of animals having a notochord, or dorsal stiffening rod, as the chief internal skeletal support at some stage of their development. Most chordates are vertebrates (animals with backbones), but the phylum also includes some small marine invertebrate animals.
..... Click the link for more information. , subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Charadriiformes, family Alcidae.

auk

[ȯk] (vertebrate zoology) Any of several large, short-necked diving birds (Alca) of the family Alcidae found along North Atlantic coasts.

auk

1. any of various diving birds of the family Alcidae of northern oceans having a heavy body, short tail, narrow wings, and a black-and-white plumage: order Charadriiformes 2. little auk a small short-billed auk, Plautus alle, abundant in Arctic regions

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

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