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Definition of Razor-billed auk
1. Noun. Black-and-white northern Atlantic auk having a compressed sharp-edged bill.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Razor-billed Auk
Literary usage of Razor-billed auk
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1890)
"The Appearance of the razor-billed auk (Alca lorda) on the Coast of North
Carolina.—Not long since Lieut. DF Foley, USN, sent to the Department of ..."
2. The Canadian Record of Science by Natural History Society of Montreal (1896)
"... enough to draw my attention to the taking of the Razor-Billed Auk in the
vicinity of Montreal, and on further enquiry I learn that four were observed, ..."
3. The Birds of Maine: With Key to and Description of the Various Species Known by Ora Willis Knight (1908)
"The egg is very similar in color and markings to that of the razor-billed auk
but much larger in size, measuring 4.69 x 2.92. Only a single egg was laid. ..."
4. Nests and Eggs of North American Birds by Oliver Davie (1900)
"The razor-billed auk is abundant on the coasts and islands of the North ...
The razor-billed auk breeds sparingly on the outlying rocky islands of Nova ..."
5. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"The razor-billed auk is in form similar to the Murres, but the bill is very
different, being deep and thin, and with the upper mandible rounded at the tip. ..."
6. The Birds of New England and Adjacent States: Containing Descriptions of the by Edward Augustus Samuels (1883)
"The razor-billed auk lays two, and the Black Guillemot usually three. This is
confirmed by the fact, that the Foolish Guillemot, which lays only one egg, ..."
7. Report and Transactions (1871)
"The greater proportion of these birds consist of the razor-billed auk, the puffin,
or Lundy parrot, the guillemot, and several varieties of gulls ; but the ..."
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