Definition of auks Auks
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Wiktionary 
- auks (Noun)
Plural of auk.
Part of speech
🔤- auks, noun, plural of auk.
WordNet
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| 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 | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- auk (n.)
A name given to various species of arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae. The great auk, now extinct, is Alca (/ Plautus) impennis. The razor-billed auk is A. torda. See Puffin, Guillemot, and Murre.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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auk
awk, n. a genus of web-footed sea-birds, with short wings used only as paddles, found in the northern seas. The Great Auk is supposed to have become extinct in 1844. [Ice. álka.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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auk
A sea-bird with short wings. The great auk or gair-fowl (Alca impennis) was formerly common on all the northern coasts, where they laid their eggs, ingeniously poised, on the bare rocks. They were very good eating, and having been taken in great numbers by the Esquimaux, and by European sailors on whaling voyages, the species is now supposed to be exterminated.
Part of speech
🔤- auk, noun, singular of auks.
