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AUK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("auk" is a kind of...):
sea bird; seabird; seafowl (a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc.)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "auk"):
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)
Holonyms ("auk" is a member of...):
Alcidae; family Alcidae (web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc.)
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