alcid

English

Etymology

From scientific Latin Alcidae.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈal.sɪd/

Noun

alcid (plural alcids)

1. (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.

Translations

seabird of the family Alcidae - an alcid

• Danish: alkefugl c
• Esperanto: aŭkedo (eo)
• French: alcidé (fr) m, alque (fr) m
• German: Alkenvogel m
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: alkefugl m

  Nynorsk: alkefugl m

• Swedish: alkfågel c

Anagrams

• -cidal, Lacid, calid, cladi