alcid

English

Etymology

From scientific Latin Alcidae.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈalsɪd/

Noun

alcid (plural alcids)

1. (ornithology) A bird of the family Alcidae, including auks and puffins.
   • 1977, Olga Kuthanová, translating Jan Hanzák & Jiří Formánek, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Birds, London 1992, p. 177:

     Some alcids remain underwater as long as two minutes, exceptionally even longer, and dive to depths of thirty metres.