auk
English Thesaurus
1. black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | sea bird, seabird, seafowl, |
| definition | : | a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc. (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | auklet, |
| definition | : | any of several small auks of the northern Pacific coasts (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | great auk, pinguinus impennis, |
| definition | : | large flightless auk of rocky islands off northern Atlantic coasts; extinct (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | guillemot, |
| definition | : | small black or brown speckled auks of northern seas (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | alcidae, family alcidae, |
| definition | : | web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc. (noun.animal) |
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