英语词汇“great auk”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

great auk

noun

A large extinct flightless auk (seabird) of the North Atlantic, resembling a giant razorbill. The great auk was the original ‘penguin’; many were taken for food, and the last individuals were killed on an islet off Iceland in 1844.

Alca (or Pinguinus) impennis, family Alcidae.

Some have become extinct, the great auk, the passenger pigeon and the famous dodo bird have all disappeared....

Apart from the globally-extinct great auk, the bustard is the only bird known to have bred in Britain that hasn't done so in recent times.
In the early 19th century another alcid, the great auk, still inhabited the North Atlantic waters.

单词	great auk
释义	great auk noun A large extinct flightless auk (seabird) of the North Atlantic, resembling a giant razorbill. The great auk was the original ‘penguin’; many were taken for food, and the last individuals were killed on an islet off Iceland in 1844. Alca (or Pinguinus) impennis, family Alcidae. Some have become extinct, the great auk, the passenger pigeon and the famous dodo bird have all disappeared.... Apart from the globally-extinct great auk, the bustard is the only bird known to have bred in Britain that hasn't done so in recent times. In the early 19th century another alcid, the great auk, still inhabited the North Atlantic waters.
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