Auk
noun
A type of bird that lives near the sea and has short wings for swimming under water.
The auk dove underwater to catch a fish.
Often appears as...
- common auk
- dive auk
noun
A type of bird that lives near the sea and has short wings for swimming under water.
The auk dove underwater to catch a fish.
Often appears as...
- common auk
- dive auk
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Sea Birds
Auks are often confused with penguins, but they are found only in the Northern Hemisphere and can fly.
Despite their similarities, an auk is not the same as a penguin.
Pro Tip 2/3Swimming Wings
Their short wings are more like flippers, which make auks expert swimmers and divers.
The auk used its short wings to swiftly swim after its prey.
Pro Tip 3/3Distinctive Sound
Auks are known for their distinctive calls, which can be helpful to identify them in their natural habitat.
The auk's loud call echoed across the cliffside colony.
Pro Tip 1/3Sea Birds
Auks are often confused with penguins, but they are found only in the Northern Hemisphere and can fly.
Despite their similarities, an auk is not the same as a penguin.
Pro Tip 2/3Swimming Wings
Their short wings are more like flippers, which make auks expert swimmers and divers.
The auk used its short wings to swiftly swim after its prey.
Pro Tip 3/3Distinctive Sound
Auks are known for their distinctive calls, which can be helpful to identify them in their natural habitat.
The auk's loud call echoed across the cliffside colony.
Pro Tip 1/3Sea Birds
Auks are often confused with penguins, but they are found only in the Northern Hemisphere and can fly.
Despite their similarities, an auk is not the same as a penguin.
Pro Tip 2/3Swimming Wings
Their short wings are more like flippers, which make auks expert swimmers and divers.
The auk used its short wings to swiftly swim after its prey.
Pro Tip 3/3Distinctive Sound
Auks are known for their distinctive calls, which can be helpful to identify them in their natural habitat.
The auk's loud call echoed across the cliffside colony.
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Stewart Brand: The dawn...
that can produce passenger pigeon squabs that can be raised by band-tailed pigeon parents, and then from then on, it's passenger pigeons all the way, maybe for the next six million years. You can do the same thing, as the costs come down, for the Carolina parakeet, for the great auk,
Video examples
Big Trouble for Little...
almost all of them depend on the ocean for food here on brush island we find a thriving population of little auks they kind of
Video examples
Stewart Brand: The dawn...
that can produce passenger pigeon squabs that can be raised by band-tailed pigeon parents, and then from then on, it's passenger pigeons all the way, maybe for the next six million years. You can do the same thing, as the costs come down, for the Carolina parakeet, for the great auk,
Video examples
Big Trouble for Little...
almost all of them depend on the ocean for food here on brush island we find a thriving population of little auks they kind of
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