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What is an alcid?

What is an alcid? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (ornithology) A bird of the family Alcidae, including auks, auklets, razorbills, dovekies, guillemots, and puffins.
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An auk or alcid is a bird of the family Alcidae in the order Charadriiformes.
The oldest alcid fossil is Hydrotherikornis from Oregon dating to the Late Eocene while fossils of Aethia and Uria go back to the Late Miocene.
Closely related to the Tufted Puffin, the Rhinoceros Auklet is a large alcid with a wedge-shaped head.
The alcid family includes the murres, guillemots, auklets, puffins, and murrelets.
In the early 19th century another alcid, the great auk, still inhabited the North Atlantic waters.

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