little auk

1. 1.

   small short-billed auk abundant in Arctic regions

   SynonymsdovekiePlautus alle

   Broaderauk

   Part ofPlautus

Questions about little auk

What does little auk mean?

little auk means "small short-billed auk abundant in Arctic regions".

What is another word for little auk?

Close synonyms include dovekie, Plautus alle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is little auk a common word?

little auk is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.