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auk /ɔːk/ is
derived from
Icelandic álka, from Old
Norse alka (“
auk”), from Proto-Germanic *alkǭ (“sea-bird,
auk”).
Apart from the
extinct great auk,...
- The
great auk (Pinguinus impennis) is a
species of
flightless alcid that
became extinct in the mid-19th century. It was the only
modern species in the...
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AUK may
refer to:
Auk, a type of bird The
Auk, now Ornithology, an
American ornithological journal AUK CORP, a
Korean semiconductor and optoelectronic...
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Aukes is a surname.
Notable people with the
surname include:
Rachel Aukes,
American novelist Douwe Aukes (1612–1668),
Frisian sea
captain This page lists...
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media The
little auk or
dovekie (Alle alle) is a
small auk, the only
member of the
genus Alle. Alle is the Sami name of the long-tailed duck; it...
- razorbill, razor-billed
auk, or
lesser auk (Alca torda) is a
colonial seabird in the
monotypic genus Alca of the
family Alcidae, the
auks. It is the closest...
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Kodenshi AUK Group is a
conglomerate of two companies,
Kodenshi Corporation based in Kyoto, ****an and
AUK Corporation based in Iksan,
South Korea. Kodenshi...
- food from
Greenland that is made of
little auks (Alle alle)
fermented in a seal skin. Up to 500
whole auks are
packed into the seal skin,
beaks and feathers...
- powder, is
named Auk 1. This an
allusion to the
great auk,
which is a
flightless seabird that
became extinct in the mid-19th century.
Auk 1
flies six feet...
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Douwe Aukes (1612–1668) was a
Frisian sea
captain of the
Dutch East
India Company or VOC. The
Douwe Aukes class minelayer and its name-ship the HNLMS...
