Alcid
also, alcidine
[al-si-dahyn] /ˈæl sɪˌdaɪn/ (show ipa). of, pertaining, or belonging to the family alcidae, comprising the auks, murres, puffins, etc.
a bird of the family alcidae.
historical examples
uria, ū′ri-a, n. a genus of alcid—the guillemots and murres.
chambers’s twentieth century dictionary (part 4 of 4: s-z and supplements) various
alcid: auks, puffins, etc.—these birds are found off the coast during migration, but breed on the rocky sh-r-s of both coasts.
manual of taxidermy charles johnson maynard
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