- great auk
- nounlarge 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* * *
a large, flightless auk, Pinguinus impennis, of rocky islands off North Atlantic coasts: extinct since 1844.[1820-30]* * *
great aukA large, flightless auk, the garefowl (extinct c.1844)• • •Main Entry: ↑auk————————great auk nounA large, flightless auk once common in N Atlantic areas, now extinct• • •Main Entry: ↑great* * *
great auk,a large, black-and-white, flightless sea bird formerly of North Atlantic shores, now extinct; garefowl.* * *
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* * *
a large bird similar to a ↑penguin, that no longer exists
Useful english dictionary. 2012.