noun
Meaning 1
A dovekie, a bird of the species Alle alle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
little auk
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noun
Meaning 2
small short-billed auk abundant in Arctic regions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dovekie, Plautus alle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: auk
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: gavotí atlàntic — Alle alle
- Danish: søkonge — Alle alle
- Dutch: kleine alk — Alle alle
- Faroese: fulkubbi — Alle alle
- Faroese: fulkobbi — Alle alle
- French: mergule nain — Alle alle
- German: Krabbentaucher — Alle alle
- Greenlandic: appaliarsuk — Alle alle
- Icelandic: haftyrðill — Alle alle
- Irish: falcóg bheag — Alle alle
- Japanese: ヒメウミスズメ (himeumisuzume) — Alle alle
- Manx: alk beg — Alle alle
- Norwegian: alkekonge — Alle alle
- Polish: alczyk — Alle alle
- Polish: traczyk — Alle alle
- Russian: лю́рик (ljúrik) — Alle alle
- Swedish: alkekung — Alle alle
- Welsh: carfil bach — Alle alle