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






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"Auk" Quotes from Famous Books



... alle, Linnaeus. French, "Guillemot nain."—The Little Auk can only be considered a rare occasional wanderer to the Channel Islands, generally driven before the heavy autumnal and winter gales. I only know of the occurrence of two specimens: one of these was recorded by Mr. Couch ...
— Birds of Guernsey (1879) • Cecil Smith

... a cloak of the skins of humming birds is one of the most magnificent objects to be imagined. One, of a rare species, was once sold in Europe for $5,000. Single birds are often worth $700 or $800. A cloak of the skin of the great auk would bring $8,000 or $10,000. Some of the most beautiful pheasants are extremely valuable—worth their weight in gold. Tiger claws are used in the decoration of hats, and are extremely valuable ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882 • Various

... scarcely any are more frequent in the mounds than those of the auk (Alca impennis), now extinct. The Capercailzie (Tetrao urogallus) is also met with, and may, it is suggested, have fed on the buds of the Scotch fir in times when that tree flourished around the peat-bogs. The different ...
— The Antiquity of Man • Charles Lyell

... the place is pronounced Mish-i-nim-auk-in-ong, by the Indians, The term mishi, as heard in mishipishiu, panther, and mishigenabik, a gigantic serpent of fabled notoriety, signifies great; nim, appears to be derived from nimi, to dance, and auk from autig, tree or standing object; ong is the common termination ...
— Personal Memoirs Of A Residence Of Thirty Years With The Indian Tribes On The American Frontiers • Henry Rowe Schoolcraft



Words linked to "Auk" :   razorbill, Pinguinus impennis, family Alcidae, little auk, dovekie, sea bird, razor-billed auk, Alca torda, Plautus alle



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