ALCIDAE

Meaning of ALCIDAE in English

bird family, order Charadriiformes, which includes the birds known as auk, auklet, dovekie, guillemot, murre, murrelet, and puffin (qq.v.).

Britannica English vocabulary. Английский словарь Британика. 2012

ALCIDAE — ˈalsəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Alca, type genus + -idae : a family of diving birds …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ALCID — noun see: auk Date: 1893 any of a family (Alcidae, the ~ family) of web-footed diving birds with short legs …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PUFFIN — or sea parrot Any of three species (family Alcidae) of diving birds with a large, brightly coloured, triangular beak. Puffins …
Английский словарь Британика
MURRE — Any of certain black-and-white seabirds (genus Uria , family Alcidae) that are about 16 in. (40 cm) long and breed …
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GUILLEMOT — Any of three species of black-and-white seabirds (genus Cepphus , family Alcidae). Guillemots have a pointed, black bill and red …
Английский словарь Британика
AUK — In general, any of 22 species of diving birds (family Alcidae), especially the little auk and the razorbill, or razor-billed …
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AUK — I. ˈȯk noun ( -s ) Etymology: Norwegian or Icelandic alk, alka, from Old Norse ālka; akin to Latin olor …
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ALCID — ˈalsə̇d noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin Alcidae : any of the family Alcidae of diving birds
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WILLOCK — ˈwilək noun ( -s ) Etymology: Will (nickname for William ) + -ock chiefly Britain : any of several birds …
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PUFFIN — ˈpəfə̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English poffoun, pophyn 1. : any of several seabirds of the genera Fratercula …
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PINGUINUS — ˈpiŋgwənəs, piŋˈgwīn- noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from French pingouin great auk, from English penguin : a genus of …
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MURRELET — ˈmərlə̇t noun ( -s ) Etymology: murre + -let : any of several small sea birds (family Alcidae) found chiefly …
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GUILLEMOT — ˈgiləˌmät noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, from Middle French, irregular diminutive of Guillaume William : any of several narrow-billed …
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ALCAE — ˈalˌsē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Alca : a suborder of Charadriiformes coextensive with the family Alcidae …
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ALCA — ˈalkə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Swedish alka auk, from Norwegian alk, alka — more at auk : …
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AUK — (n.) A name given to various species of arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae. The great auk, now extinct, …
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AUK — ( n. ) A name given to various species of arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae. The great auk, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MURRELET — /merr"lit/ , n. any of several small, chunky diving birds of the family Alcidae, of North Pacific coasts. [ 1870-75, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AUK — /awk/ , n. any of several usually black-and-white diving birds of the family Alcidae, of northern seas, having webbed feet …
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ALCID — /al"sid/ , adj. 1. Also, alcidine /al"si duyn'/ . of, pertaining, or belonging to the family Alcidae, comprising the auks, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ALCID — noun Etymology: New Latin Alcidae, from Alca type, genus, from Swedish alka auk, from Norwegian — more at auk Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AUK — noun a name given to various species of arctic sea birds of the family alcidae. the great auk, now extinct, …
Webster English vocab
AUK — [ ɔ:k ] ■ noun a short-winged diving seabird of a family including the guillemot and puffin, typically black and …
Concise Oxford English vocab
ALCID — [ 'alsɪd ] ■ noun Ornithology a bird of the auk family (Alcidae). Origin C19: from mod. L. Alcidae , …
Concise Oxford English vocab
AUK — [auk] n [Norw or Icel alk, alka, fr. ON alka] (1674): any of several black-and-white short-necked diving seabirds (family Alcidae) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
RAZOR-BILLED AUK — also called Razorbill (Alca torda), black and white seabird of the North Atlantic, bearing a sharp, heavy, compressed beak. About …
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PUFFIN — Common puffin (Fratercula arctica) also called Bottlenose, or Sea Parrot, any of three species of diving birds that belong to …
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MURRELET — any of six species of small diving birds belonging to the auk family, Alcidae (order Charadriiformes). Murrelets are about 20 …
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MURRE — any of certain black and white seabirds comprising the genus Uria of the auk family, Alcidae. In British usage the …
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GUILLEMOT — any of three species of black and white seabirds of the genus Cepphus, in the auk family, Alcidae. The birds …
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GREAT AUK — also called Garefowl (species Pinguinus impennis), flightless seabird extinct since 1844. Great auks belonged to the family Alcidae (order Charadriiformes). …
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