aukletn.
/ˈɔːklᵻt/, U.S. /ˈɔklət/, /ˈɑklət/ A small auk; (chiefly with distinguishing word) any of several species of small auk found in the north Pacific. Occasionally also: †a juvenile auk (obsolete).parakeet auklet, rhinoceros auklet: see the first element.
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1829 Vermont Patriot & State Gaz. 29 June 1/1 The noise of viols, and the voice of song That led the auklets of the dance along Are hush'd as death.
1883 A. Stewart Nether Lochaber 95 One of these [visiting birds] is the ratch or auklet (Alca alle, Linn.), a very pretty little black and white diver.
1888 Science 3 Aug. 59/2 The whiskered auklet (S. pygmæus) is figured in full breeding plumage.
1901 R. C. Lehmann Anni Fugaces 135 The last Great Auk..left..Two orphaned Auklets in their shell.
1958 K. Nelson & C. Ford Klondy: Daughter Gold Rush x. 155 Little auklets from the Diomedes buzzed past.
2007 D. R. Wallace Neptune's Ark 118 Auks and auklets are, respectively, large and smaller relatives of murres.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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