Definition of Alcids

1. alcid [n] - See also: alcid

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alcids

alchemizes
alchemizing
alchemy
alchemystical
alchera
alcheras
alchie
alchies
alchymies
alchymist
alchymists
alchymy
alcian blue
alcid
alcidine
alcids (current term)
alclofenac
alclometasone
alco
alco-holic
alcogel
alcohol
alcohol-dependent
alcohol-dependents
alcohol-free
alcohol-related disorders
alcohol-soluble eosin
alcohol - NDMA oxidoreductase
alcohol abuse

Literary usage of Alcids

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ecology and Conservation of the Marbled Murrelet by C. John Ralph (1997)
"Most of the 22 species of alcids are colonial in their nesting habits, ... Most alcids nest on rocky substrates, in earthen burrows, or in holes in sand, ..."

2. Adventure Guide to the Inside Passage and Coastal Alaska by Lynn Readicker-Henderson (2002)
"The fun birds to watch along the coast are the alcids: the auks, murres, and particularly the puffins. alcids are birds that can "fly" underwater. ..."

3. Adventure Guide Inside Passage & Coastal Alaska by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"The fun birds to watch along the coast are the alcids: the auks, murres, and particularly the puffins. alcids are birds that can "fly" underwater. ..."

4. British Columbia Adventure Guide by Lynn Readicker-Henderson (2004)
"You can watch brown creepers at campsites in the southern part of the province, or along the coast, check out the alcids: the auks and auklets, ..."

5. Military and Religious Life in the Middle Ages and the Period of the Renaissance by P. L. Jacob (1874)
"The alcids und Moorish chiefs, after the siege, delivering the keys of the town to Ferdinand the Catholic and Queen Isabella.—Bas-relief on the stalls of ..."

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