alcidine

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Adjective[edit]

alcidine (comparative more alcidine, superlative most alcidine)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of an auk.
    • 2022, Fannie Hurst, Star-Dust: A Story of an American Girl:
      He reminded Lilly of a great auk, something alcidine in the thin cheeks with the mouth cutting so widely toward the ears.

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