razor-billed auk

American

[ray-zer-bild] / ˈreɪ zərˌbɪld /

noun

a black and white auk, Alca torda, of the American and European coasts of the northern North Atlantic, having a compressed black bill encircled by a white band.

Etymology

Origin of razor-billed auk

First recorded in 1815–25

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But the razor-billed auk doesn't make any nest—it just lays its egg on the bare rock in the biting cold.

From Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North by Fullerton Waldo

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