| 单词 | great auk |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgreat auk great auk n. a large, extinct flightless auk of the North Atlantic, Pinguinus (or Alca) impennis, which was exterminated in the mid 19th cent.; also called garefowl; cf. penguin n. 2. ΚΠ 1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. II. 401 The Great Auk... According to Mr. Martin, this bird breeds on the isle of St. Kilda; appearing there the beginning of May, and retiring the middle of June. 1865 P. H. Gosse Land & Sea (1874) 44 That rarest of British birds, the great auk. 1921 Outing May 65/1 The passenger pigeon, the great auk.., the Eskimo curlew are no more. 2002 G. M. Eberhart Mysterious Creatures I. 214/2 The last known breeding pair of Great auks were killed by three fishermen on the island of Eldey, Iceland, on June 3, 1844. < as lemmas |
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