noun

• A small, stubby short-billed auk (seabird) with black plumage and white underparts, breeding in the Arctic; a dovekie.

  ‘‘We children cried and cried for those little auks,’ the singer added, ‘because we were afraid we would not get any to eat.’’

  More example sentences

  • ‘I thought again of little auks and the children who cried for them.’
  • ‘The death knell could also be sounded for other species dependent on the ice, such as the ringed seal, bearded seal and little auk.’