auk

/ɔk/
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Other forms: auks

Definitions of auk
  1. noun
    black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas
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    auklet
    any of several small auks of the northern Pacific coasts
    Alca torda, razor-billed auk, razorbill
    black-and-white northern Atlantic auk having a compressed sharp-edged bill
    Plautus alle, dovekie, little auk
    small short-billed auk abundant in Arctic regions
    Pinguinus impennis, great auk
    large flightless auk of rocky islands off northern Atlantic coasts; extinct
    guillemot
    small black or brown speckled auks of northern seas
    Cepphus grylle, black guillemot
    northern Atlantic guillemot
    Cepphus columba, pigeon guillemot
    northern Pacific guillemot
    murre
    black-and-white diving bird of northern seas
    type of:
    sea bird, seabird, seafowl
    a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc.
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