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Great Auk

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Noun

1. great auk, pinguinus impennis

large flightless auk of rocky islands off northern Atlantic coasts; extinct

pinguinus impennis

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Great Auk

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noun

a large flightless auk, Pinguinus impennis, extinct since the middle of the 19th century

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Great Auk

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a large, flightless auk (Pinguinus impennis) of the N Atlantic, extinct since 1844

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Great Auk

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n.

A large flightless seabird (Pinguinus impennis) formerly common on northern Atlantic coasts but extinct since the mid-1800s.

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