Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dovekie"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rotche \Rotche\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A very small arctic sea bird ({Mergulus alle}, or {Alle
alle}) common on both coasts of the Atlantic in winter; --
called also {little auk}, {dovekie}, {rotch}, {rotchie}, and
{sea dove}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dovekie \Dove"kie\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A guillemot ({Uria grylle}), of the arctic regions. Also
applied to the little auk or sea dove. See under {Dove}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dovekie
n : small short-billed auk abundant in arctic regions [syn: {little
auk}, {Plautus alle}]
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