Meaning: n. black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas.
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1 The least sociable auk, breeding in very loose colonies, in crevices of cliffs and rocks.
2 Much the smallest and shortest-billed auk, also the smallest diving seabird.
3 The great auk is one of the few creatures whose final hours can be documented with such certainty.
4 Where had our gull and our auk spent the summer?
5 The Great Auk is an extinct bird.
6 He was editor of The Auk.
7 Victims have ranged from the great auk and the lynx to the humble blue stag beetle and Davall's sedge.
8 Neither formation provides ledges of any size or permanence,(www.Sentencedict.com) although small auk populations once nested on the chalk cliffs.
9 At about 75 centimetres or 30-34 inches, the flightless Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis) was the largest of the auks .
10 Henry stands attentively, waits each time for the new wonder, emits small noises of pleasure for each Sandhill Crane, American Coot, Great Auk, Pileated Woodpecker.