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Alcid vs Ascid - What's the difference?

alcid | ascid |

As nouns the difference between alcid and ascid

is that alcid is (ornithology) a bird of the family alcidae, including auks and puffins while ascid is (zoology) any member of the ascidae.

alcid

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (ornithology) A bird of the family Alcidae, including auks and puffins.
  • *1977 , Olga Kuthanová, translating Jan Hanzák & Ji?í Formánek, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Birds , London 1992, p. 177:
  • *:Some alcids remain underwater as long as two minutes, exceptionally even longer, and dive to depths of thirty metres.

    • ascid

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) Any member of the Ascidae.