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Noun: Alcidae
  1. Web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc.
    - family Alcidae

Type of: bird family

Part of: Charadriiformes, order Charadriiformes

Encyclopedia: Alcidae