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Webster 1913 Edition

Auk

Auk

,
Noun.
[Prov. E.
alk
; akin to Dan.
alke
, Icel. & Sw.
alka
.]
(Zool.)
A name given to various species of arctic sea birds of the family
Alcidæ
. The great auk, now extinct, is
Alca impennis
(or
Plautus impennis
) . The razor-billed auk is
Alca torda
. See
Puffin
,
Guillemot
, and
Murre
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Auk

AUK

,
Noun.
[contracted from Alca.] The alca, a genus of aquatic fowls, of the order of ansers, including the northern penguin or great auk, the little auk or black and white diver, the puffin, &c.

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