Hypertext Webster Gateway: "auk"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Auk \Auk\, n. [Prov. E. alk; akin to Dan. alke, Icel. & Sw.
alka.] (Zo["o]l.)
A name given to various species of arctic sea birds of the
family {Alcid[ae]}. The great auk, now extinct, is {Alca (or
Plautus) impennis}. The razor-billed auk is {A. torda}. See
{Puffin}, {Guillemot}, and {Murre}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
auk
n : black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of
northern seas
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