LITTLE AUK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does little auk mean? 

• LITTLE AUK (noun)
  The noun LITTLE AUK has 1 sense:

1. small short-billed auk abundant in Arctic regions

  Familiarity information: LITTLE AUK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LITTLE AUK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small short-billed auk abundant in Arctic regions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

dovekie; little auk; Plautus alle

Hypernyms ("little auk" is a kind of...):

auk (black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas)

Holonyms ("little auk" is a member of...):

genus Plautus; Plautus (a genus of Alcidae)