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dovekie

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DOVEKIE

DOVEKIE Dove "kie, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A guillemot (Uria grylle ), of the arctic regions. Also applied to the little auk or sea dove. See under Dove.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

dovekie

dove kie |ˈdəvkē ˈdəvki | ▶noun a small, stubby short-billed auk (seabird ) with black plumage and white underparts, breeding in the Arctic. [Alle alle, family Alcidae. ] ORIGIN early 19th cent. (originally denoting the black guillemot, Cepphus grylle, also formerly called the Greenland dove ): from a Scots diminutive of dove 1 .

 

Oxford Dictionary

dovekie

dovekie |ˈdʌvki | ▶noun chiefly N. Amer. another term for little auk. ORIGIN early 19th cent. (originally denoting the black guillemot, Cepphus grylle, also formerly called the Greenland dove ): from a Scots diminutive of dove 1 .