Auk

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  auk
       n : black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of
           northern seas