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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

Alca torda
    n 1: black-and-white northern Atlantic auk having a compressed
         sharp-edged bill [syn: razorbill, razor-billed auk,
         Alca torda]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Razorbill \Ra"zor*bill`\ (-b[i^]l`), n. (Zool.)
   (a) A species of auk (Alca torda) common in the Arctic
       seas. See Auk, and Illust. in Appendix.
   (b) See Cutwater, 3.
       [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Auk \Auk\, n. [Prov. E. alk; akin to Dan. alke, Icel. & Sw.
   alka.] (Zool.)
   A name given to various species of arctic sea birds of the
   family Alcid[ae]. The great auk, now extinct, is Alca
   impennis (or Plautus impennis) . The razor-billed auk is
   Alca torda. See Puffin, Guillemot, and Murre.
   [1913 Webster]

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