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DOVEKIE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dovekie mean?
• DOVEKIE (noun)
The noun DOVEKIE has 1 sense:
1. small short-billed auk abundant in Arctic regions
Familiarity information: DOVEKIE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small short-billed auk abundant in Arctic regions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
dovekie; little auk; Plautus alle
Hypernyms ("dovekie" is a kind of...):
auk (black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas)
Holonyms ("dovekie" is a member of...):
genus Plautus; Plautus (a genus of Alcidae)
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