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Auk Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA 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.
auk
\auk\ (&?;), n. [prov. e. alk; akin to dan. alke, icel. & sw. alka.] (zo?l.) a name given to various species of arctic sea birds of the family alcid?. the great auk, now extinct, is alca (or plautus) impennis. the razor-billed auk is a. torda. see puffin, guillemot, and murre.
similar words(4)
rhinoceros auk
razor-billed auk
little auk
king auk
Noun
1. black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas
(hypernym) seabird, sea bird, seafowl
(hyponym) auklet
(member-holonym) Alcidae, family Alcidae
Auk Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
AUK and similar can mean:
- General Claude Auchinleck
- AETN UK, a joint venture of A&E Television Networks and British Sky Broadcasting.
- Auk, a type of bird
- Auk oilfield, oilfield near Aberdeen, Scotland
- The Auk, an American ornithological journal
- AUK, IATA code for Alakanuk Airport in the Wade Hampton Census Area, Alaska
- Audax UK, a cycling organisation
- American University in Kosovo, part of the Rochester Institute of Technology
- American University of Kuwait, a non-profit making university in Kuwait
- Andrews UK Limited, a British digital publishing company
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An auk is a bird of the family Alcidae in the order Charadriiformes. Auks are superficially similar to penguins due to their black-and-white colours, their upright posture and some of their habits. Nevertheless they are not closely related to penguins, but rather are believed to be an example of moderate convergent evolution.
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