单词 | great auk |
释义 | great auk (once / 59394 pages) n WORD FAMILY great auk: great auks USAGE EXAMPLESThe great auk, a flightless bird that stood nearly 3 feet tall and vaguely resembled a penguin, was last sighted around 1844. Newsweek(Sep 18, 2014) Ectopistes migratorius, once numbering in the billions, joined the ranks of the dodo and the great auk. BBC(Sep 09, 2014) The sculptures—figures of polar bears, red knot birds, Eskimo curlew, and the extinct great auk—are covered with tar, lime, and glue. Salon(Mar 26, 2014) n large flightless auk of rocky islands off northern Atlantic coasts; extinct Syn|Hyper Pinguinus impennis auk black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas |
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