Definition of Alcid

1. a diving seabird [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alcid

alchemize
alchemized
alchemizes
alchemizing
alchemy
alchemystical
alchera
alcheras
alchie
alchies
alchymies
alchymist
alchymists
alchymy
alcian blue
alcid (current term)
alcidine
alcids
alclofenac
alclometasone
alco
alco-holic
alcogel
alcohol
alcohol-dependent
alcohol-dependents
alcohol-free
alcohol-related disorders
alcohol-soluble eosin

Literary usage of Alcid

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

1. Ecology and Conservation of the Marbled Murrelet by C. John Ralph (1997)
"Cassin's Auklet is the only alcid known to lay a second clutch following the ... alcid chicks are between 6 and 15 percent adult size at hatching (table 7). ..."

2. The Birds of Eastern North America Known to Occur East of the Nineteenth by Charles Barney Cory, Field Museum of Natural History (1899)
"Family alcid/E. Subfamily ... 30. Bill, black, with narrow white band. Family alcid/E. Subfamily ..."

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