Dovekie

3 definitions found

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

  Rotche \Rotche\, n. (Zool.)
     A very small arctic sea bird ({Mergulus alle}, or {Alle
     alle}) common on both coasts of the Atlantic in winter; --
     called also {little auk}, {dovekie}, {rotch}, {rotchie}, and
     {sea dove}.
     [1913 Webster]



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

  Dovekie \Dove"kie\, n. (Zool.)
     A guillemot ({Uria grylle}), of the arctic regions. Also
     applied to the little auk or sea dove. See under {Dove}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dovekie
       n : small short-billed auk abundant in arctic regions [syn: {little
           auk}, {Plautus alle}]