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[rey-zer-bild] 
razor-billed auk
[rey-zer-bild] –noun
| 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. |
Also called ra⋅zor⋅bill.
Origin:
1815–25
1815–25
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| ra·zor-billed auk
(rā'zər-bĭld') Pronunciation Key
n. A sea bird (Alca torda) of the northern Atlantic, having black-and-white plumage and a white-ringed, flattened bill. |
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| razor-billed auk | |
noun | |
| black-and-white northern Atlantic auk having a compressed sharp-edged bill [syn: razorbill] |
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