noun. A large auk (Alca torda) of the northern Atlantic, having black-and-white plumage, a long tail, and a flattened bill.

noun. The razor-billed auk, or tinker, Alca or Utamania torda, so called from the deep, compressed, and trenchant bill.

noun. The skimmer or cutwater, Rhynchops nigra. See skimmer and Rhynchops.

noun. A species of auk (Alca torda) common in the Arctic seas. See auk, and Illust. in Appendix.

noun. See cutwater, 3.

noun. A large black and white auk, Alca torda, native to the north Atlantic.

noun. black-and-white northern Atlantic auk having a compressed sharp-edged bill

"The Kvarken Archipelago is on an important migratory route and offers excellent breeding habitats for birds: There are important Baltic populations of black guillemot Cepphus grille (6,000 pairs, a quarter of the Baltic population) and razorbill Alca torda (1,000 pairs); also Caspian and Arctic terns Sterna caspia and S. paradisea, whitetailed eagle Haliaetus albicilla (35 pairs), osprey Pandion haliaetus andgreat scaup Aythya marila."

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auk  cutwater