alcid
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From scientific Latin Alcidae.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
alcid (plural alcids)
- (ornithology) A bird of the family Alcidae, including auks, auklets, razorbills, dovekies, guillemots, and puffins.
- 1977, Jan Hanzák, Jiří Formánek, translated by Olga Kuthanová, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Birds, London, published 1992, page 177:
- Some alcids remain underwater as long as two minutes, exceptionally even longer, and dive to depths of thirty metres.
Translations[edit]
seabird of the family Alcidae - an alcid