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alcids

UK/ˈal.sɪdz/

alcids is the plural of alcid.

Meaning of alcid

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

Questions about alcids

What is alcids the plural of?
Alcids is the plural of alcid.
How do you pronounce alcids?
Alcids is pronounced /ˈal.sɪdz/ (UK).

Words near alcids in the dictionary

  1. Alcibiades
  2. alcid
  3. Alcide
  4. Alcides
  5. alcidine
  6. alcids
  7. Alcie
  8. Alcindor
  9. Alcindors
  10. alcine
  11. Alcippe fulvetta

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