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auk
auk [ awk ] (plural auks)


noun 
Definition:
 
black-and-white seabird: a small black-and-white heavy-bodied seabird. Native to: cool northern seas.  Family Alcidae.
[Late 17th century. Via Norwegian alk< Old Norse álka]
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