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razor-billed auk

[ rey-zer-bild ]

noun

  1. a black and white auk, Alca torda, of the American and European coasts of the northern North Atlantic, having a compressed black bill encircled by a white band.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of razor-billed auk1

First recorded in 1815–25

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