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auk
[awk]
noun
any of several usually black-and-white diving birds of the family Alcidae, of northern seas, having webbed feet and small wings.
auk
/ ɔːk /
noun
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 razorbill auk
a small short-billed auk, Plautus alle, abundant in Arctic regions
Word History and Origins
Origin of auk1
Word History and Origins
Origin of auk1
Example Sentences
The Hall of Extinction and Hope analogizes manmade climate change and habitat destruction to a slow-moving asteroid that has already obliterated species such as the passenger pigeon, dodo and great auk.
Acoustic recordings of a colony of little auks reveal their nocturnal activities and offer valuable monitoring means for avian biology in the Arctic.
"In the small intestine/of the little auk/we found Mexico City, Manila, Shanghai, New York."
Despite their prodigious size, Kumimanu and Petradyptes possessed primitive flippers reminiscent of modern seabirds like auks and puffins that fly and dive.
Many sights described in his vivid prose can no longer be seen, like the great auk, which the naturalist mistakenly called a penguin.
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