ALCA

Meaning of ALCA in English

ˈalkə noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Swedish alka auk, from Norwegian alk, alka — more at auk

: the type genus of Alcidae usually including solely the razor-billed auk

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

ALCA — n [Ornith.] auk
Interlingua English vocab
ALCA TORDA — razorbill
Animal names in Latin and English vocab
ALCA TORDA — RAZORBILL
Ornitho-Birds English vocab
RAZORBILL — noun Date: 1674 a North Atlantic auk ( Alca torda ) with the plumage black above and white below and …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
RAZORBILL — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. or razor-billed auk : an auk ( Alca torda ) of the American and European coasts and …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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
ALCAE — ˈalˌsē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Alca : a suborder of Charadriiformes coextensive with the family Alcidae …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RAZORBILL — (n.) A species of auk (Alca torda) common in the Arctic seas. See Auk, and Illust. in Appendix.
Английский словарь Webster
AUK — (n.) A name given to various species of arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae. The great auk, now extinct, …
Английский словарь Webster
RAZORBILL — ( n. ) A species of auk (Alca torda) common in the Arctic seas. See Auk, and Illust. in Appendix.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
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
RAZOR-BILLED AUK — /ray"zeuhr bild'/ a black and white auk, Alca torda, of the American and European coasts of the northern North Atlantic, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RAZORBILL — noun Date: 1674 : a North Atlantic auk ( Alca torda ) with the plumage black above and white below …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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
RAZORBILL — noun ·see cutwater, 3. 2. razorbill ·noun a species of auk (alca torda) common in the arctic seas. ·see auk, …
Webster English vocab
AUK — noun a name given to various species of arctic sea birds of the family alcidae. the great auk, now extinct, …
Webster English vocab
RAZORBILL — ■ noun a black-and-white auk with a deep bill, found in the North Atlantic and Baltic Sea. [ Alca torda …
Concise Oxford English vocab
GREAT AUK — ■ noun a large flightless auk of the North Atlantic, exterminated in the 19th century. [ Alca impennis .]
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
RAZORBILL — [ra.zor.bill] n (1674): a No. Atlantic auk (Alca torda) with the plumage black above and white below and a compressed …
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 …
Britannica English vocabulary
AUK — in general, any of the 22 species (21 living) of diving birds of the family Alcidae (order Charadriiformes), but especially …
Britannica English vocabulary
RAZOR — n. & v. --n. an instrument with a sharp blade used in cutting hair esp. from the skin. --v.tr. 1 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AUK — n. any sea diving-bird of the family Alcidae, with heavy body, short wings, and black and white plumage, e.g. the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
RAZOR — n. & v. n. an instrument with a sharp blade used in cutting hair esp. from the skin. v.tr. 1 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AUK — n. any sea diving-bird of the family Alcidae, with heavy body, short wings, and black and white plumage, e.g. the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RAZOR — n. & v. --n. an instrument with a sharp blade used in cutting hair esp. from the skin. --v.tr. 1. …
Oxford English vocab
AUK — n. any sea diving-bird of the family Alcidae, with heavy body, short wings, and black and white plumage, e.g. the …
Oxford English vocab
RAZOR-BILL — n. Black-billed auk ( Alca torda ).
Dictionary of English Synonyms
PUFFIN — n. ( Ornith. ) Coulter-neb, Labrador auk ( Alca Arctica ).
Dictionary of English Synonyms
COULTER-NEB — n. Puffin, Labrador auk ( Alca arctica or Fratercula arctica ).
Dictionary of English Synonyms

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