Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The little auk, auklet, dovekie, or sea-dove, Mergulus alle or Alle nigricans. See
Mergulus , Alle, and cut underdovekie . Alsorotchie .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A very small arctic sea bird (
Mergulus alle , orAlle alle ) common on both coasts of the Atlantic in winter; -- called alsolittle auk ,dovekie ,rotch ,rotchie , andsea dove .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A bird, the
little auk .
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