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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of various small auks of the genus Aethia and related genera of northern Pacific coasts and waters.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A little auk.

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  • noun Any of several small seabirds in the genera Aethia, Cerorhinca and Ptychoramphus of the auk family Alcidae.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun any of several small auks of the northern Pacific coasts

Etymologies

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From auk + -let

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  • US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906: Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "Authorize you to act on our behalf". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.

    January 20, 2013