HyperDic: alca_torda

English > 1 sense of the expression Alca torda:
NOUNanimalAlca torda, razorbill, razor-billed aukblack-and-white northern Atlantic auk having a compressed sharp-edged bill
English > Alca torda: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningBlack-and-white northern Atlantic auk having a compressed sharp-edged bill.
Synonymsrazorbill, razor-billed auk
Member ofAlca, genus Alcatype genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill
BroaderaukBlack-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas
Spanishalca común, alca, alca torda
Catalanalca torda, Alca torda, gavot comú

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