Auk — Defs

01 n. A name given to various species of arctic sea birds of the family Alcidæ. The great auk, now extinct, is Alca impennis ([or] Plautus impen…

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A name given to various species of arctic sea birds of the family Alcidæ. The great auk, now extinct, is Alca impennis ([or] Plautus impennis) . The razor-billed auk is Alca torda. See Puffin, Guillemot, and Murre.(Zool.) See: Puffin, Guillemot, Murre