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auk (iou)



auk noun. L17.
[Old Norse alka razorbill (orig. neck) (Swedish alka, Danish alk).]
Any of several short-winged diving sea birds of the family Alcidae, native to the northern oceans, which includes razorbills, guillemots, and puffins.
great auk a large flightless auk, Pinguinus impennis, of the N. Atlantic, now extinct. little auk a small Arctic auk, Alle alle.
auklet noun any of various small auks, chiefly of the N. Pacific L19.