Auk : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Auk	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Auk
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
auk n black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Auk \Auk\, n. [Prov. E. alk; akin to Dan. alke, Icel. & Sw. alka.] (Zo[94]l.) A name given to various species of arctic sea birds of the family {Alcid[91]}. The great auk, now extinct, is {Alca ([or] Plautus) impennis}. The razor-billed auk is {A. torda}. See {Puffin}, {Guillemot}, and {Murre}.