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	auk auk , common name for a member of the family Alcidae (alcid family), swimming and diving birds of the N Atlantic and Pacific, which includes the guillemots and puffins. Their legs are set far back on their bodies, making them clumsy on land, where they seldom venture except to nest. The extinct, fli... Read more
	guillemot guillemot , northern sea bird, genus Cephas, of the auk family. The black guillemot, or trystie, Cephus grylle, is about 13 in. (33 cm) long and is very striking in its breeding plumage, being entirely black from bill to tail except for large white wing patches and bright red legs. In winter i... Read more
	puffin puffin common name for a diving bird of the family Alcidae ( auk family). Its large, triangular bill, brilliantly colored in yellow, blue, and vermilion, is adapted to carrying several fish at one time; it also gives the puffin its alternate name of sea parrot. During the mating season horny excre... Read more
	penguin penguin originally the common name for the now extinct great auk of the N Atlantic and now used (since the 19th cent.) for the unrelated, generally antarctic diving birds of the Southern Hemisphere. Penguins, which are related most closely to the albatrosses , are the most highly specialized of ... Read more
	Tlingit Tlingit , group of related Native North American tribes, speaking a language that forms a branch of the Nadene linguistic stock (see Native American languages ). The 14 divisions of the Tlingit may reflect a former era when they were entirely independent tribes. Important among the divisions are th... Read more
	bird bird warm-blooded, egg-laying, vertebrate animal having its body covered with feathers and its forelimbs modified into wings , which are used by most birds for flight. Birds compose the class Aves (see Chordata ). There are an estimated 9,000 living species. Birds are believed to be exta... Read more

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	auk Book article from: World Encyclopedia auk Squat-bodied sea bird of colder Northern Hemisphere coastlines. The flightless great auk (Pinguinus impennis), or the Atlantic penguin, became extinct in the 1840s; height: 76cm (30in). The razorbill auk (Alca torda) is the largest of living species. Family Alcidae.
	great auk Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition great auk see auk .
	razor-billed auk Book article from: World Encyclopedia razor-billed auk ( razorbill ) Stocky, penguin-like seabird that lives along coastlines in the cold parts of the Northern Hemisphere. It is black and white with a white-ringed, narrow bill. Length: 41cm (16in). Species Alca torda.
	Auks Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...species of auks, including the Atlantic puffin, the common murre, the dovekie or lesser auk, and the extinct great auk. Called alcids, the members of the auk family (Alcidae) fill an ecological niche similar to that filled by the penguins in...
	puffin Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition puffin common name for a diving bird of the family Alcidae ( auk family). Its large, triangular bill, brilliantly colored in yellow, blue, and vermilion, is adapted to carrying several...
	murre Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition murre , common name for a group of diving birds of the same family as the auk and the puffin (family Alcidae) and including the guillemots. There are three species of murres, all about 18 in. (45 cm...
	Lithuania, Grand Duchy of, to 1569 Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...for the history of early modern Lithuania, of Jogaila's acceptance of Western Christianity and his baptism of Lithuania (Auk š taitija, the eastern "highlands" around Vilnius, in 1387; Samogitia, or Ž emaitija, the western central...
	Lithuania Encyclopedia entry from: Countries and Their Cultures ...Russian Federation) in the southwest, Belarus in the east, and Latvia in the north. The country is divided into four regions: Auk š taitija, the highlands in the northeast and central portion of the country; Ž emaitija, the lowlands in...
	Wildlife Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...commercial use. Exploitation helped bring about the extinction of the passenger pigeon ( Ectopistes migratorius ), the great auk, Stellar ’ s sea cow, and the sea mink, as well as the near extinction of the American bison. In the late nineteenth...
	bird Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...mountains and oceans (see also migration of animals ). Bibliography Among the periodicals devoted to the study of bird life are the Auk, the Condor, and the Wilson Bulletin. Books on birds include the many guides by R. T. Peterson; the life histories of North...

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	auk Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English auk / ôk / • n. a short-winged diving seabird found in northern oceans, typically with a black head and black and white underparts. The auk family (Alcidae) comprises the guillemots, murres, razorbills, puffins, and their relatives.
	Orton, James Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Science, Annals and Magazine of Natural History, and American Naturalist, including one in the latter, “ The Great Auk, Alca impennis ” , concerning the former model for Audubon ’ s drawing in the Vassar College collection...
	razorbill Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ra·zor·bill / ˈrāzərˌbil / • n. a black-and-white auk ( Alca torda ) with a deep bill that is said to resemble a straight razor, found in the North Atlantic and Baltic Sea.
	guillemot Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology guillemot auk of the genus Uria or Cepphus . XVII. — F. guillemot , deriv. (perh. alt. of an orig. imit. word) of Guillaume William.
	puffin Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English puf·fin / ˈpəfən / • n. a hole-nesting auk (genera Fratercula and Lunda ) of northern and Arctic waters, with a large head and a massive brightly colored triangular bill, in particular the Atlantic puffin ( F. arctica ).
	extinction Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...ng (k) sh ən / • n. 1. the state or process of being or becoming extinct: the extinction of the great auk. ∎ the state or process of ceasing or causing something to cease to exist: the extinction of liberalism...
	penguin Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology penguin †great auk (of Newfoundland); bird of the southern hemisphere having scaly paddles. XVI. of unkn. orig.
	eke Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology eke1 (arch.) also OE. ē(a)c = OS. ōk (Du. ook ), OHG. ouh (G. auch ), ON., Goth. auk ; of uncert. orig.
	gare-fowl Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology gare-fowl, gairfowl great auk. XVI ( gare ), XVII ( gair-fowl ). — Gael. gearbhul — ON. geirfugl ; of uncert. orig.
	Milne, John Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Siberia. He visited Funk Island, off the coast of Newfoundland, where he made a large collection of skeletons of the great auk. In 1874 he served as geologist in an expedition that sought to fix the site of Mt. Sinai. In 1875 Milne was appointed professor...

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Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...table. Seabirds ancient murrelet Arctic tern Atlantic puffin auk auklet baccalieu bird bawk black guillemot black skimmer black...herring gull Iceland gull jaeger kittiwake laughing gull little auk little gull little tern Manx shearwater marbled murrelet mew...

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	From millions to none: Story of the great auk Newspaper article from: Redlands Daily Facts; 7/2/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...Antarctic region is meant. The penguin of the north is more properly known as the great or giant auk. The largest member of the auk family, the great auk, was a bird that stood about two feet high. In color it looked much like a familiar penguin...
	Talisman Acquires Fulmar and Auk Fields in the North Sea Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire; 10/3/2006; 700+ words ; ...and 30/16s) and a 100% interest in the Auk field (Blocks 30/16n and 30/16t) in...Talisman 93.7%), which, along with the Auk and Gannet fields, export volumes via the...Executive Officer. "Production from the Auk and Fulmar interests is currently 8,000...
	DEAD BIRD SOCIETY The dodo, the great auk and the tragicomic Mauritius red hen (wiped out because of its fondness for the colour red) may not have been evolution's finest work; but, as members of the fast-growing club of extinct species, they've a lot to teach us about our own chances of survival, writes Robert Twigger Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 6/3/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...annihilations continue. Take the great auk, or garefowl, whose story is so well told...hemisphere version of the penguin, the great auk was hunted to extinction in the 19th century...there is the suspicion that the great auk had it coming, must have been a bit thick...
	Canada's Talisman negotiating to buy Fulmar and Auk North Sea oilfields News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 2/15/2006; 339 words ; ...in exclusive talks to buy the Fulmar and Auk oilfields in the central North Sea. The...in Fulmar and 100 percent interest in the Auk field. If a deal is reached and approved...Clyde and Orion fields, along with the Auk and Gannet fields, export through the Fulmar...
	A CAUTIONARY TALE OF THE GREAT AUK Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 4/25/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...annual journey of an extinct bird, the great auk, to dramatize the end of a species that...in Jay O'Callahan's story "The Great Auk" and on a public television show, "Nova...Wheeler, 72, said he chose the great auk to dramatize how a once-abundant species...
	Stereotyping Kuwaitis: A discussion at AUK. Newspaper article from: Kuwait Times (Kuwait City, Kuwait); 5/9/2007; 700+ words ; ...the negative aspects of Kuwaiti culture. AUK students Abdullah Taki and Bader Chammaa...husband," writes Dr Sami in his column. AUK youth challenged this statement. A student...school. Pursuing her higher education in AUK, she observed, also introduced her to...
	Richard Wheeler: The Auk Man cometh Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 12/24/1991; ; 700+ words ; numerous prints and drawings of the auk and one of only 80 known museum-mounted...the earth. That was the flightless great auk, Pinguinus impennis, the largest seabird...see if there were one last living great auk to be, given Audubon's proclivities...
	Talisman is to acquire and take over as operator of the Fulmar and Auk fields.(Talisman Energy Inc.)(Brief article) Magazine article from: Petroleum Economist; 11/1/2006; 700+ words ; ...take over as operator of the Fulmar and Auk fields. Under an agreement signed last...unitised Fulmar field and their 100% of the Auk field. Talisman already holds 12.71...significant upside"--particularly from Auk, said to have about 675m barrels of remaining...
	Clinical Sciences receives FDA clearance to market diagnostic test for hepatitis B. (AB-AUK-3) PR Newswire; 6/28/1989; 700+ words ; ...NYSE: FIA), today announced that AB-AUK-3, an RIA (radioimmunoassay) test for...company. With the FDA clearance of AB-AUK-3, the company now markets RIA diagnostic...currently estimated to be $100 million." AB-AUK-3 uses RIA technology to determine the...
	HP's Implementation At AUK Showcases Business Benefits for Education Sector Newspaper article from: Al Bawaba; 7/17/2005; 700+ words ; ...solution at the American University of Kuwait (AUK). The two months long project resulted...this appointment, HP intends to provide AUK with the performance and flexibility needed...region enters into an era of e-learning, AUK is at the forefront of understanding the...