auk
Noun
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Black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas (synset 102048023)
is a type of: sea bird, seabird, seafowl - a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc.subtypes:
- 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
belongs to: alcidae, family alcidae - web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc.
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