- any of several usually black-and-white diving birds of the family Alcidae, of northern seas, having webbed feet and small wings.
- any of various diving birds of the family Alcidae of northern oceans having a heavy body, short tail, narrow wings, and a black-and-white plumage: order Charadriiformes
- a small short-billed auk, Plautus alle, abundant in Arctic regions
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