auk

auk  (ôk)

n.

Any of several diving sea birds (family Alcidae) of northern regions, such as the razor-billed auk, having a chunky body, short wings, and webbed feet.

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[Norwegian alk, from Old Norse lka.]

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auk

Noun

a northern sea bird with a heavy body, short wings, and black-and-white plumage [Old Norse ālka]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

auk - black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas sea bird, seabird, seafowl - a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc. Alcidae, family Alcidae - web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc. auklet - any of several small auks of the northern Pacific coasts Alca torda, razor-billed auk, razorbill - black-and-white northern Atlantic auk having a compressed sharp-edged bill dovekie, little auk, Plautus alle - small short-billed auk abundant in Arctic regions great auk, Pinguinus impennis - large flightless auk of rocky islands off northern Atlantic coasts; extinct guillemot - small black or brown speckled auks of northern seas