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Razorbill   Listen
noun
Razorbill  n.  (Zool.)
(a)
A species of auk (Alca torda) common in the Arctic seas. See Auk.
(b)
See Cutwater, 3.






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"Razorbill" Quotes from Famous Books



... list of birds which I have stuffed, all of which were killed in this neighbourhood:—Night-jar (Caprimulgus Europœus), wry neck (Yunx Torquilla), buff blackbird (Turdus merula), razorbill (Alca Torda), little auk (Mergulus Alia), ruff (Machetes Pugnax), green sand piper (Totanus Octaopus), snipe (Scolopax gallinago), water rail (Rallus Aquaticus), golden plover (Charadrius Pluvialis), ...
— Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood - Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter • J. Conway Walter



Words linked to "Razorbill" :   razor-billed auk, genus Alca, Alca, auk



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