alcid

English

Etymology

From scientific Latin Alcidae.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈal.sɪd/

Noun

alcid (plural alcids)

1. (ornithology) A bird of the family Alcidae, including auks, auklets, razorbills, dovekies, guillemots, and puffins.
   • 1977, Jan Hanzák, Jiří Formánek, translated by Olga Kuthanová, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Birds, London, published 1992, page 177:

     Some alcids remain underwater as long as two minutes, exceptionally even longer, and dive to depths of thirty metres.

Translations

seabird of the family Alcidae - an alcid

• Danish: alkefugl c
• Dutch: alk (nl) f
• Esperanto: aŭkedo (eo)
• French: alcidé (fr) m, alque (fr) m
• German: Alkenvogel m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: alkefugl m

  Nynorsk: alkefugl m

• Swedish: alkfågel c

Anagrams

• -cidal, Lacid, calid, cladi