great auk

Noun

Meaning

large flightless auk of rocky islands off northern Atlantic coasts; extinct

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Crofford 1989, p. 28 During summer, the great auk developed a wide white eye patch over the eye, which had a hazel or chestnut iris. Source: Internet

Cokinos 2000, p. 314 Native Americans valued the great auk as a food source during the winter and as an important symbol. Source: Internet

Due to its outward similarity to the razorbill (apart from flightlessness and size), the great auk was often placed in the genus Alca, following Linnaeus. Source: Internet

During the winter, the great auk migrated south either in pairs or in small groups, and never with the entire nesting colony. Source: Internet

Many Maritime Archaic people were buried with great auk bones, and one was buried covered in over 200 auk beaks, which are assumed to have been part of a cloak made of their skins. Source: Internet

Images of the great auk have been found in bone necklaces. Source: Internet

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