Found 2 items, similar to auk.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: auk
auk
n : black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of
northern seas
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Auk
Auk
\Auk\, n. [Prov. E. alk; akin to Dan. alke, Icel. & Sw.
alka.] (Zo["o]l.)
A name given to various species of arctic sea birds of the
family
Alcid[ae]. The great auk, now extinct, is
Alca impennis
(or
Plautus impennis) . The razor-billed auk is
Alca torda. See
Puffin,
Guillemot, and
Murre.
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