auk

• n. [鳥] 海雀（北極海鳥的一種）

來自擬聲詞，鳥的叫聲。

auk (n.)

1670s, from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse alka, probably originally imitative of a water-bird cry (compare Latin olor "swan," Greek elea "marsh bird").

1. The Great Auk is an extinct bird.

大海雀是種滅絕的鳥類.

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