auk

/ɔk/

Other forms: auks

Definitions of auk

1. noun

   black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas
   types:

   auklet

   any of several small auks of the northern Pacific coasts

   Alca torda, razor-billed auk, razorbill

   black-and-white northern Atlantic auk having a compressed sharp-edged bill

   Plautus alle, dovekie, little auk

   small short-billed auk abundant in Arctic regions

   Pinguinus impennis, great auk

   large flightless auk of rocky islands off northern Atlantic coasts; extinct

   guillemot

   small black or brown speckled auks of northern seas

   Cepphus grylle, black guillemot

   northern Atlantic guillemot

   Cepphus columba, pigeon guillemot

   northern Pacific guillemot

   murre

   black-and-white diving bird of northern seas

   type of:

   sea bird, seabird, seafowl

   a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc.