Definition of Alca torda

1. Noun. Black-and-white northern Atlantic auk having a compressed sharp-edged bill.

Exact synonyms: Razor-billed Auk, Razorbill
Generic synonyms: Auk
Group relationships: Alca, Genus Alca

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alca Torda

Albrecht Durer
Albrecht Eusebius Wenzel von Wallenstein
Albright's disease
Albright's hereditary osteodystrophy
Albright's syndrome
Albright knot
Albright knots
Albuginaceae
Albula
Albula vulpes
Albulidae
Albuquerque
Alby
Albyn
Alca
Alca torda
Alcaeus
Alcaic
Alcaic verse
Alcatraz
Alcea
Alcea rosea
Alcedinidae
Alcedo atthis
Alcelaphus
Alces
Alces alces
Alcibiades
Alcidae
Alcides

Literary usage of Alca torda

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Birds of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher by Robert Ridgway (1919)
"[alca torda] ß LATHAM, Index От., ii, 1790, 793 (based on Alca pica ... [Alca torda] y LATHAM, Index От., ii, 1790, 794 (based on Alca balthica Brünnich). ..."

2. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1897)
"The Great Auk is merely a gigantic form of Razor-bill, with a heavier body and feebler wings than its more active congener, alca torda, so that while the ..."

3. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1910)
"Type, by subs. desig., alca torda I AINN.urn (Newton, 1876). ... alca torda LINNAEUS, Syst. Nat., ed. 10,I, 1758, 130. (Southern Sweden.) RANGE. ..."

4. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1889)
"Right tibia and fibula of alca torda; life size, showing same surfaces as the bone in fig. ... Right femur of alca torda, anterior surface; life size; ..."

5. The Nests and Eggs of British Birds: When and where to Find Them : Being a by Charles Dixon (1894)
"The site on which they are laid also prevents the slightest possible chance of confusion. Family ALCID^E. Genus ALCA. RAZORBILL. alca torda ..."

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