razorbill auk

razor-billed auk

/ (ˈreɪzəˌbɪl) /

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noun

a common auk, Alca torda, of the North Atlantic, having a thick laterally compressed bill with white markings

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Words nearby razorbill auk

raze, razee, razoo, razor, razorback, razorbill auk, razor-billed auk, razorblade, razor clam, razor-cut, razorfish

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How to use razorbill auk in a sentence

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The great auk is but a memory; the bittern booms more rarely in our eastern marshes; and now they tell me Brigadiers are extinct.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, April 28, 1920|Various
"You are already celebrated as the discoverer of the mammoth and the great auk," she persisted.
In Search of the Unknown|Robert W. Chambers
When that day comes, proprietary humbugs like Sanatogen will have become as extinct as the dodo and the great auk.
The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 1 of 2|Various

Paralyzed be th' boldness iv th' wolf, th' camel an' th' auk fled fr'm th' scene iv havoc, as is their wont.
Mr. Dooley Says|Finley Dunne
Thirty years ago we knew as little of the ways of the ward boss as we knew of the megatherium or the great auk.
The Old World in the New|Edward Alsworth Ross