plautus impennis

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plautus impennis - 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]