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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. black-and-white northern Atlantic auk having a compressed sharp-edged bill;
[syn: razorbill, razor-billed auk, Alca torda]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Razorbill \Ra"zor*bill`\ (-b[i^]l`), n. (Zool.) (a) A species of auk (Alca torda) common in the Arctic seas. See Auk, and Illust. in Appendix. (b) See Cutwater, 3. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Auk \Auk\, n. [Prov. E. alk; akin to Dan. alke, Icel. & Sw. alka.] (Zool.) A name given to various species of arctic sea birds of the family Alcid[ae]. The great auk, now extinct, is Alca impennis (or Plautus impennis) . The razor-billed auk is Alca torda. See Puffin, Guillemot, and Murre. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Alca torda n 1: black-and-white northern Atlantic auk having a compressed sharp-edged bill [syn: razorbill, razor-billed auk, Alca torda]