auk

Significado (Inglés)

Any of several species of Arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae.

Sinónimos

razor-billed auk

razor-bill

Razorbill

Traducciones

petit pingouin

alca

alcidés

mergule

alcidae

alcinés

Alca

Alcidae

Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ɔːk/
Etimología (Inglés)

In summary

From Icelandic álka, from Old Norse alka (“auk”), from Proto-Germanic *alkǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁el- (“a kind of bird”). Cognate with Swedish alka (“auk”), Norwegian and Danish alke (“auk”), Swedish dialectal alla (“long-tailed duck”) (Clangula hyemalis, syn. Fuligula glacialis), Latin olor (“swan”), Ancient Greek ἐλέα (eléa, “marsh-bird”), Welsh alarch (“swan”).

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