great auk

English

Etymology

Probably from an early Scandinavian word (compare Old (West) Norse álka, Norwegian alke (“razorbill”)).

Noun

great auk (plural great auks)

1. A large extinct auk (†Pinguinus impennis).
   • 2020, Tim Ecott, The Land of Maybe, Short Books, published 2021, page 82:

     The last great auk ever seen in the UK was captured off Stac an Armin, St Kilda, in 1840.

Synonyms

• garefowl, woggin

Translations

Pinguinus impennis

• Breton: god bras m
• Catalan: gran gavot m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大海雀 (dàhǎiquè)

• Dutch: reuzenalk (nl) f
• Esperanto: granda aŭko
• Faroese: gorfuglur m, geirfuglur m
• Finnish: isoruokki, siivetönruokki (fi), jättiläisruokki
• French: grand pingouin (fr)
• German: Riesenalk (de) m
• Greenlandic: isarukitsok
• Icelandic: geirfugl (is) m
• Irish: falcóg mhór f
• Japanese: 大海烏 (おおうみがらす, オオウミガラス, ōumigarasu)
• Korean: 큰바다쇠오리 (keunbadasoe'ori)
• Norwegian: geirfugl m
• Old Norse: geirfugl m
• Portuguese: arau-gigante (pt) m
• Spanish: alca gigante f
• Swedish: garfågel (sv) c
• Welsh: carfil mawr m