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Auk

Noun CEFR C2
ɔːk

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Españolalca
Françaispingouin
DeutschAlk
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العربيةالأوك
Българскигага́рка
Bosanskialka
Češtinaalka
Cymraegcarfil
Suomiruokki
Gaeilgefalcóg
हिन्दीअलका
Hrvatskialka
Magyaralka
Italianoalca
日本語海雀
Nederlandsalk
Polskialka
Portuguêstorda
Русскийгагарка
Slovenčinaalka
Српскиalka
Svenskaalka

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
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