Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Alcidae — noun web footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc. • Syn: ↑family Alcidae • Hypernyms: ↑bird family • Member Holonyms: ↑Charadriiformes, ↑order Charadriiformes … Useful english dictionary
Alcidae — bird family, order Charadriiformes, which includes the birds known as auk, auklet, dovekie, guillemot, murre, murrelet, and puffin (qq.v.). * * * … Universalium
bird family — noun a family of warm blooded egg laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑Struthionidae, ↑family Struthionidae, ↑Casuaridae, ↑family Casuaridae, ↑Apterygidae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Auk — This article is about a family of birds. For the American ornithological journal, see The Auk. For other meanings, see AUK. Auks Temporal range: Eocene Recent 35–0 Ma … Wikipedia
charadriiform — ▪ bird order Introduction any member of the large group of birds (bird) that includes the sandpipers (sandpiper), plovers (plover), gulls (gull), auks (auk), and their relatives. These birds form an important and familiar segment of the… … Universalium
Common Murre — Uria aalge aalge in breeding plumage at Runde (Norway). Note bridled bird in centre. Conservation status … Wikipedia
auk — /awk/, n. any of several usually black and white diving birds of the family Alcidae, of northern seas, having webbed feet and small wings. Cf. great auk, razor billed auk. [1665 75; < Scand; cf. ON alka] * * * In general, any of 22 species of… … Universalium
alcid — /al sid/, adj. 1. Also, alcidine /al si duyn /. of, pertaining, or belonging to the family Alcidae, comprising the auks, murres, puffins, etc. n. 2. a bird of the family Alcidae. [ < NL Alcidae name of the family, equiv. to Alc(a) an auk genus (… … Universalium
Puffin — For other uses, see Puffin (disambiguation). Puffin Atlantic Puffins (F. arctica) Conservation status … Wikipedia
Craveri's Murrelet — Craveri’s Murrelet Conservation status Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Kingdo … Wikipedia
