alcid

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alcid

/ˈal.sɪd/ UK

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From scientific Latin Alcidae.

noun alcids

A bird of the family Alcidae, including auks, auklets, razorbills, dovekies, guillemots, and puffins. Some alcids remain underwater as long as two minutes, exceptionally even longer, and dive to depths of thirty metres.

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noun seabird of the family Alcidae - an alcid

Français	alcidé, alque
Deutsch	Alkenvogel

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@misc{alcid_2026,
  title = {alcid},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/alcid},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}