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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of small gymnorhinal Alcidæ of the North Pacific, having the bill diversiform with deciduous elements, the head usually crested in the breeding-season, the feet small with entirely reticulate tarsi shorter than the middle toe, and the wings and tail ordinary; the snubnosed auklets.

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