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