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Auk vs Murrelet - What's the difference?

auk | murrelet |

As nouns the difference between auk and murrelet

is that auk is any of several species of arctic sea birds of the family alcidae while murrelet is any of several species of small seabirds, in the genera brachyramphus'' and ''synthliboramphus of the auk family, found in the north pacific.

auk

English

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Noun

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

    • Synonyms

    * alcid

    murrelet

    English

    (Synthliboramphus) (Brachyramphus) (Synthliboramphus)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several species of small seabirds, in the genera Brachyramphus'' and ''Synthliboramphus of the auk family, found in the North Pacific.

    • Hyponyms

    * marbled murrelet, Brachyramphus marmoratus * long-billed murrelet, Brachyramphus perdix * Kittlitz's murrelet, Brachyramphus brevirostris * Xantus's murrelet, Synthliboramphus hypoleucus * Craveri's murrelet, Synthliboramphus craveri * ancient murrelet, Synthliboramphus antiquus * Japanese murrelet, Synthliboramphus wumizusume