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little auk
[ lit-l awk ]
noun
- a small black-and-white auk, Alle alle, of the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, having a very short beak and a short, rounded tail: an important winter food source among the Inuit.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of little auk1
First recorded in 1875–80
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Example Sentences
The guillemots, also, are not so numerous as they were two days ago; but from to-day we date the reappearance of the little auk.
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The gulls increase conspicuously in number, and yesterday we saw a little auk (Mergulus alle) in a lane.
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When far off they uttered cries which reminded me of that of the wryneck, and which I at first thought came from a little auk.
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The little auk is no longer to be seen or heard; the only birds are an ivory-gull now and then, and occasionally a fulmar.
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All the birds seemed to have disappeared to-day; not even a cheery little auk to be seen.
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