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auk I. \ˈȯk\ noun (-s) Etymology: Norwegian or Icelandic alk, alka, from Old Norse ālka; akin to Latin olor swan, Middle Irish ela, and perhaps to Greek elea a marsh bird : any of several black and white short-necked diving seabirds of the family Alcidae that breed in colder parts of the northern hemisphere, laying their eggs in the open on ledges of cliffs or sometimes in burrows — see great auk, razorbill
II. \ˈȯk, ˈau̇k\ noun (plural auk or auks) Usage: usually capitalized 1. : a Tlingit people on Stephens Passage and Douglas and Admiralty islands, Alaska 2. : a member of the Auk people |