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Dovekie
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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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| dovekie or dovekey (ˈdʌvkɪ) | |
| —n | |
| See auk another name for the little auk | |
| [C19: Scottish diminutive of | |
| dovekey or dovekey | |
| —n | |
| [C19: Scottish diminutive of | |
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dovekie
small, black and white seabird of the North Atlantic. The dovekie belongs to the family Alcidae (order Charadriiformes). It is about 20 centimetres (8 inches) long, with a short bill. Its legs and wings are short, and its feet are webbed. It is a proficient diver, feeding on fish, mollusks, and crustaceans. Dovekies breed on rocky coasts and islands of the Arctic Ocean, from Greenland to Novaya Zemlya, Russia. They nest in large colonies, each breeding pair laying a single egg in a rock cranny on a hillside, or, on peaty ground, in a burrow.
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