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alcid, n. Ornith.|ˈælsɪd|
[f. mod.L. family name Alcidae, f. mod.L. genus name Alca (adopted by C. Linnaeus in his Systema Naturæ (ed. 4, 1743) 74), f. as auk n.: see -id.]
A bird of the auk family, Alcidae.
1893Funk's Stand. Dict. s.v. Alcidæ, Alcid, n. 1934R. T. Peterson Field Guide Birds Eastern N. Amer. 82 Brünnich's Murre... This is the only Alcid one is likely to encounter in the interior. 1958E. T. Gilliard Living Birds of World 193/2 There are 22 species of alcids, most of them inhabitants of the colder regions of the Northern Hemisphere. 1972L. Hancock There's a Seal in my Sleeping Bag v. 76 Little is known about puffins, or indeed about any of the alcids in British Columbia. |