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auklet
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auk·let  (ôklt)
n.
Any of various small auks of the genus Aethia and related genera of northern Pacific coasts and waters.

auklet [ˈɔːklɪt]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various small auks of the genera Aethia and Ptychoramphus
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Noun1.aukletauklet - any of several small auks of the northern Pacific coasts
auk - black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas


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We know that the auklets eat krill," he says, "and they eat a lot of it"--as much as 80 percent of their diet.
That fits nicely with Hagelin's observations that courting auklets poke their beaks into the ruffs around each other's necks.
But the boats steer around Cassin's auklets sitting on the water.
 
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