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Meaning of Auk | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2
ɔːk

Definitions

Any of several species of Arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae.

Equivalents

العربية الأوك
Български гага́рка
Bosanski alka
Čeština alka
Cymraeg carfil
Deutsch Alk
Español alca
Suomi ruokki
Français pingouin
Gaeilge falcóg
Galego arao romeiro
हिन्दी अलका
Hrvatski alka
Magyar alka
Italiano alca
日本語 海雀
Nederlands alk
Polski alka
Português torda
Русский гагарка
Slovenčina alka
Српски alka
Svenska alka

Examples

“Further afield, these auks are also in dire straits: Norway has seen vertiginous crashes, with hundreds of thousands of adult puffins in the once-teeming colony of Røst struggling to fledge any chicks in recent years.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
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