AUK


Meaning of AUK in English

( n. )

A name given to various species of arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae. The great auk, now extinct, is Alca (Plautus) impennis. The razor-billed auk is A. torda. See Puffin, Guillemot, and Murre.

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