alcid

alcid
/al"sid/, adj.
1. Also, alcidine /al"si duyn'/. of, pertaining, or belonging to the family Alcidae, comprising the auks, murres, puffins, etc.
n.
2. a bird of the family Alcidae.
[ < NL Alcidae name of the family, equiv. to Alc(a) an auk genus ( < Scand; see AUK) + -idae -ID2]

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