auk

[US]/ɔːk/
[UK]/ɔk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. uma ave marinha do Ártico
Word Forms
Pluralauks

Phrases & Collocations

Black auk

Black auk

Thick-billed auk

Thick-billed auk

Great auk

Great auk

Example Sentences

in spring those cliffs are alive with auks and gulls.

na primavera, aqueles penhascos estão repletos de albatrozes e gaivotas.

Real-world Examples

Stuff as many little auks inside it as you can.

Coloque o máximo de auks pequenos que puder dentro dele.

Source: Human Planet

She also included two extinct birds: the Dodo and the Great auk.

Ela também incluiu duas aves extintas: o Dodô e o Auck.

Source: Science 60 Seconds - Scientific American February 2022 Collection

However, evidence suggests that the auk was an excellent swimmer and diver.

No entanto, evidências sugerem que o auck era um excelente nadador e mergulhador.

Source: Collection of 93 Old TOEFL Listening Passages

This stuffed animal is not the giant penguin it appears to be, but an auk.

Este animal de pelúcia não é o penguin gigante que parece ser, mas sim um auck.

Source: Collection of 93 Old TOEFL Listening Passages

Of course, we believe it's important to take extra precautions to preserve the remaining great auk skins.

Claro, acreditamos que é importante tomar precauções extras para preservar as peles restantes de auck-grande.

Source: Collection of 93 Old TOEFL Listening Passages

The great auk, as you can see, was a rather large bird, and it couldn't fly either.

O auck-grande, como você pode ver, era uma ave bastante grande e também não conseguia voar.

Source: Collection of 93 Old TOEFL Listening Passages

The only unusual object I picked up was an auk's egg of remarkable size, for which a collector would have paid more than 1,000 francs.

O único objeto incomum que peguei foi um ovo de auck de tamanho notável, pelo qual um colecionador teria pago mais de 1.000 francos.

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

In fact, records indicate that the auk was rather tasty and that its eggs --- Excuse me...that its eggs and feathers were useful as well.

De fato, os registros indicam que o auck era bastante saboroso e que seus ovos --- Com licença...que seus ovos e penas também eram úteis.

Source: Collection of 93 Old TOEFL Listening Passages

This particular kind of auk is very rare --- only 78 skins are known to exist and most are not preserved as well as this one.

Este tipo particular de auck é muito raro --- apenas 78 peles são conhecidas e a maioria não é preservada tão bem quanto esta.

Source: Collection of 93 Old TOEFL Listening Passages

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