auk : Idioms & Phrases

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great auk

  • noun large flightless auk of rocky islands off northern Atlantic coasts; extinct
    Pinguinus impennis.
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King auk

  • (Zoöl.), the little auk or sea dove.
Webster 1913

little auk

  • noun small short-billed auk abundant in Arctic regions
    dovekie; Plautus alle.
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Paroquet auk ∨ auklet

  • (Zoöl.), a small auk (Cyclorrhynchus psittaculus) inhabiting the coast and islands of Alaska. The upper parts are dark slate, under parts white, bill orange red. Called also perroquet auk.
Webster 1913

razor-billed auk

  • noun black-and-white northern Atlantic auk having a compressed sharp-edged bill
    razorbill; Alca torda.
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Rhinoceros auk

  • (Zoöl.), an auk of the North Pacific (Cerorhina monocrata) which has a deciduous horn on top of the bill.
Webster 1913