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alcid

UK/ˈal.sɪd/

alcid noun: a bird of the family Alcidae, including auks, auklets, razorbills, dovekies, guillemots, and puffins.

Noun

alcid (plural alcids)

  1. A bird of the family Alcidae, including auks, auklets, razorbills, dovekies, guillemots, and puffins.
    • Some alcids remain underwater as long as two minutes, exceptionally even longer, and dive to depths of thirty metres.1977, Jan Hanzák, Jiří Formánek, translated by Olga Kuthanová, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Birds, London, published 1992, page 177

Forms of alcid

pluralalcids

Origin of alcid

From scientific Latin Alcidae.

Questions about alcid

What does alcid mean?
Alcid means a bird of the family Alcidae, including auks, auklets, razorbills, dovekies, guillemots, and puffins.
What part of speech is alcid?
Alcid is a noun.
How do you pronounce alcid?
Alcid is pronounced /ˈal.sɪd/ (UK).
What is the plural of alcid?
The plural of alcid is alcids.

Words near alcid in the dictionary

  1. alchymists
  2. alchymy
  3. alcian blue
  4. alcian blues
  5. Alcibiades
  6. alcid
  7. Alcide
  8. Alcides
  9. alcidine
  10. alcids
  11. Alcie

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