Alca
alca
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Historical Examples
Here they rested under the apple trees, eating the rosy fruit, while alca talked to the children.
The Paladins of Edwin the Great Clements R. Markham
The most accurate and complete list—till 1884—of specimens of alca impennis.
Extinct Birds Walter Rothschild
They say the same of the eggs of the alca 384 torda, which they call “Tinkers.”
Audubon and his Journals, Volume I (of 2) Maria R. Audubon
“The spell will work, Coifi,” replied alca in a gentle voice.
The Paladins of Edwin the Great Clements R. Markham
A quarter of an hour later the brave Emiral had left the city of alca.
Penguin Island Anatole France
The wisdom of alca and her insight will bring comfort to our parents.
The Paladins of Edwin the Great Clements R. Markham
They met together one night in the Duke of Ampoule’s country house, six miles eastward of alca, to consider ways and means.
Penguin Island Anatole France
Do you remember, Coelred, the day when alca came to visit us at Stillingfleet?
The Paladins of Edwin the Great Clements R. Markham
The friends had not poured their experiences into his ears at once and in full detail, as they did in the case of his sister alca.
The Paladins of Edwin the Great Clements R. Markham
He had twice asked for alca in marriage, but had been repulsed.
The Paladins of Edwin the Great Clements R. Markham
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