crested auklet

crested auklet

noun
See under auklet.
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auk·let

[awk-lit]
noun
any of several small auks of the coasts of the North Pacific, as Aethia cristatella (crested auklet), having a crest of recurved plumes.

Origin:
1885–90; auk + -let
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