alcid

English

Etymology

From scientific Latin Alcidae.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈal.sɪd/

Noun

alcid (plural alcids)

(ornithology) A bird of the family Alcidae, including auks, auklets, razorbills, dovekies, guillemots, and puffins.
- 1977, Olga Kuthanová, translating Jan Hanzák & Jiří Formánek, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Birds, London 1992, p. 177:
  Some alcids remain underwater as long as two minutes, exceptionally even longer, and dive to depths of thirty metres.

Translations

seabird of the family Alcidae - an alcid

Danish: alkefugl c
Esperanto: aŭkedo
French: alcidé (fr) m, alque (fr) m
German: Alkenvogel m

Norwegian:
Bokmål: alkefugl m

Nynorsk: alkefugl m
Swedish: alkfågel c

Anagrams

-cidal, calid, cladi

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