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auk definition

auk (ôk)

noun

any of a number of related diving alcidine shorebirds of northern seas, with a heavy body, webbed feet, a short tail, and short wings used as paddles

Etymology: dial. alk < ON alka < IE base *el-, *ol-, echoic of water-bird cry > L olor, swan

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