little auk

noun

Origin of little auk

First recorded in 1875–80

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They calculated how many days a member of each species could endure without food during a cyclone, and found that little auks in particular could only fast for several days.
Cyclones can be fatal for seabirds, but not in the way you think | Kate Baggaley | September 16, 2021 | Popular-Science
The guillemots, also, are not so numerous as they were two days ago; but from to-day we date the reappearance of the little auk.
Adrift in the Arctic Ice Pack | Elisha Kent Kane
The gulls increase conspicuously in number, and yesterday we saw a little auk (Mergulus alle) in a lane.
Farthest North | Fridtjof Nansen
When far off they uttered cries which reminded me of that of the wryneck, and which I at first thought came from a little auk.
Farthest North | Fridtjof Nansen
The little auk is no longer to be seen or heard; the only birds are an ivory-gull now and then, and occasionally a fulmar.
Farthest North | Fridtjof Nansen

All the birds seemed to have disappeared to-day; not even a cheery little auk to be seen.
Farthest North | Fridtjof Nansen

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