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Noun: great auk  greyt ok
  1. Large flightless auk of rocky islands off northern Atlantic coasts; extinct
    "The last great auk was seen in 1844";
    - Pinguinus impennis

Derived forms: great auks

Type of: auk

Part of: genus Pinguinus, Pinguinus

Encyclopedia: Great auk