n. any flightless sea bird of the family Spheniscidae of the southern hemisphere, with black upper-parts and white under-parts, and wings developed into scaly flippers for swimming underwater.
Etymology: 16th c., orig. great auk: orig. unkn.
n. any flightless sea bird of the family Spheniscidae of the southern hemisphere, with black upper-parts and white under-parts, and wings developed into scaly flippers for swimming underwater.
Etymology: 16th c., orig. great auk: orig. unkn.
Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012