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auk
n.
black and white seabird
AUK
AUK may refer to:
- AUK CORP, a Korean semiconductor and optoelectronic manufacturer
- General Claude Auchinleck
- AETN UK, a joint venture of A&E Television Networks and British Sky Broadcasting.
- Auk, a type of bird
- Auk oilfield, oilfield near Aberdeen, Scotland
- The Auk, an American ornithological journal
- AUK, IATA code for Alakanuk Airport in the Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska
- Audax UK, a cycling organisation
- American University in Kosovo, part of the Rochester Institute of Technology
- American University of Kuwait, a non-profit university in Kuwait
Auk
An
auk is a
bird of the family
Alcidae in the order
Charadriiformes. Extant auks range in size from the
least auklet, at 85 g (3 oz) and , to the
thick-billed murre, at and . They are good swimmers and divers, but their walking appears clumsy. Modern auks can fly (except for the extinct
great auk). Due to their short wings, auks have to flap their wings very quickly in order to fly.
auk
Noun
1. black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas
(hypernym) seabird, sea bird, seafowl
(hyponym) auklet
(member-holonym) Alcidae, family Alcidae
Auk
(n.)
A name given to various species of arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae. The great auk, now extinct, is Alca (Plautus) impennis. The razor-billed auk is A. torda. See Puffin, Guillemot, and Murre.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
AUK
Airport Name: Alakanuk Airport
Airport Location: Alakanuk, Alaska, United States
IATA Code: AUK
ICAO Code: n.a.
