Alcid

//ˈal.sɪd// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A bird of the family Alcidae, including auks, auklets, razorbills, dovekies, guillemots, and puffins.

    "Some alcids remain underwater as long as two minutes, exceptionally even longer, and dive to depths of thirty metres."

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aukauk

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"Some alcids remain underwater as long as two minutes, exceptionally even longer, and dive to depths of thirty metres."

Etymology

From scientific Latin Alcidae.

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