English Dictionary

auk

IPA（発音記号）

/ɔːk/

名詞

Any of several species of Arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae.

日本語の意味

北極圏に生息する、アルシデア科に属する海鳥の総称

During the foggy morning, a lone auk bobbed among the kelp, its black-and-white plumage barely visible.

霧の立ち込める朝、孤独なウミスズメが昆布の間でぷかぷかと浮かび、白黒の羽毛はかろうじて見えるだけだった。

意味（1）

Any of several species of Arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae.

Further afield, these auks are also in dire straits: Norway has seen vertiginous crashes, with hundreds of thousands of adult puffins in the once-teeming colony of Røst struggling to fledge any chicks in recent years.

auks （ plural ）