noun
large flightless auk of rocky islands off northern Atlantic coasts; extinct
• Syn: ↑Pinguinus impennis
• Hypernyms: ↑auk
• Member Holonyms: ↑Pinguinus, ↑genus Pinguinus
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noun : a large flightless auk (Pinguinus impennis) two or two and a half feet long but with very small wings and formerly abundant on the coasts of the northern parts of the No. Atlantic but now extinct
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a large, flightless auk, Pinguinus impennis, of rocky islands off North Atlantic coasts: extinct since 1844.
[1820-30]
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great auk
A large, flightless auk, the garefowl (extinct c.1844)
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Main Entry: ↑auk
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great auk noun
A large, flightless auk once common in N Atlantic areas, now extinct
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Main Entry: ↑great
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great auk,
a large, black-and-white, flightless sea bird formerly of North Atlantic shores, now extinct; garefowl.
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n. a large, extinct, flightless auk of the North Atlantic, resembling a giant razorbill. The great auk was the original "penguin"; many were taken for food, and the last individuals were killed on an islet off Iceland in 1844. ● Alca (or Pinguinus) impennis, family Alcidae
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a large bird similar to a ↑penguin, that no longer exists
Useful english dictionary. 2012.