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DOVEKIE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small short-billed auk abundant in Arctic regions
Synonyms:
dovekie; little auk; Plautus alle
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("dovekie" is a kind of...):
auk (black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas)
Holonyms ("dovekie" is a member of...):
genus Plautus; Plautus (a genus of Alcidae)