Definition of dovekie in English:

dovekie

noun ˈdʌvkiˈdəvkē

North American

A small, stubby short-billed auk (seabird) with black plumage and white underparts, breeding in the Arctic; a little auk.
Example sentencesExamples
- One would imagine this place to be a paradise of alcids of all types, guillemots, dovekies, puffins, razorbills, murres, and murrelets all splashing around in their black and white finery.
- The current study identified a close relationship between the great auk and the dovekie.
- A patchy distribution of crustaceans (including T. libellula) in the NOW was indicated in a study of the diet of dovekies.
- Many of the bird species live on the water all year, only coming onto land to breed, such as the northern fulmar, greater shearwater, dovekie, common murre, and thickbilled murre.

Origin

Early 19th century (originally denoting the black guillemot, Cepphus grylle, also formerly called the Greenland dove): from a Scots diminutive of dove¹.

Definition of dovekie in US English:

dovekie

nounˈdəvkē

North American

A small, stubby short-billed auk (seabird) with black plumage and white underparts, breeding in the Arctic.
Alle alle, family Alcidae
British term little auk
Example sentencesExamples
- The current study identified a close relationship between the great auk and the dovekie.
- A patchy distribution of crustaceans (including T. libellula) in the NOW was indicated in a study of the diet of dovekies.
- Many of the bird species live on the water all year, only coming onto land to breed, such as the northern fulmar, greater shearwater, dovekie, common murre, and thickbilled murre.
- One would imagine this place to be a paradise of alcids of all types, guillemots, dovekies, puffins, razorbills, murres, and murrelets all splashing around in their black and white finery.

Origin

Early 19th century (originally denoting the black guillemot, Cepphus grylle, also formerly called the Greenland dove): from a Scots diminutive of dove.

单词	dovekie
释义	Definition of dovekie in English: dovekie noun ˈdʌvkiˈdəvkē North American A small, stubby short-billed auk (seabird) with black plumage and white underparts, breeding in the Arctic; a little auk. Example sentencesExamples One would imagine this place to be a paradise of alcids of all types, guillemots, dovekies, puffins, razorbills, murres, and murrelets all splashing around in their black and white finery. The current study identified a close relationship between the great auk and the dovekie. A patchy distribution of crustaceans (including T. libellula) in the NOW was indicated in a study of the diet of dovekies. Many of the bird species live on the water all year, only coming onto land to breed, such as the northern fulmar, greater shearwater, dovekie, common murre, and thickbilled murre. Origin Early 19th century (originally denoting the black guillemot, Cepphus grylle, also formerly called the Greenland dove): from a Scots diminutive of dove¹. Definition of dovekie in US English: dovekie nounˈdəvkē North American A small, stubby short-billed auk (seabird) with black plumage and white underparts, breeding in the Arctic. Alle alle, family Alcidae British term little auk Example sentencesExamples The current study identified a close relationship between the great auk and the dovekie. A patchy distribution of crustaceans (including T. libellula) in the NOW was indicated in a study of the diet of dovekies. Many of the bird species live on the water all year, only coming onto land to breed, such as the northern fulmar, greater shearwater, dovekie, common murre, and thickbilled murre. One would imagine this place to be a paradise of alcids of all types, guillemots, dovekies, puffins, razorbills, murres, and murrelets all splashing around in their black and white finery. Origin Early 19th century (originally denoting the black guillemot, Cepphus grylle, also formerly called the Greenland dove): from a Scots diminutive of dove.
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