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Auk vs Cauk - What's the difference?

auk | cauk |

As nouns the difference between auk and cauk

is that auk is any of several species of Arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae while cauk is an opaque, compact variety of barite, or heavy spar.

auk

English

Alternative forms

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Noun

(wikipedia auk) (en noun)
  • Any of several species of Arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae .

    • Synonyms

    * alcid

    cauk

    English

    Alternative forms

    * cawk

    Noun

  • (mineral) An opaque, compact variety of barite, or heavy spar.
    • (Webster 1913)