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noun
any of several usually black-and-white diving birds of the family Alcidae, of northern seas, having webbed feet and small wings.
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Auk
is always a great word to know.
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| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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| auk (ɔːk) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | great auk See also razorbill any of various diving birds of the family Alcidae of northern oceans having a heavy body, short tail, narrow wings, and a black-and-white plumage: order Charadriiformes |
| 2. | little auk, dovekie a small short-billed auk, Plautus alle, abundant in Arctic regions |
| [C17: from Old Norse ālka; related to Swedish alka, Danish alke] | |
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Word Origin & History
auk
1670s, from O.N. alka originally imitative of a water-bird cry (cf. L. olor "swan," Gk. elea "marsh bird").
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