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Definition of auklet
: any of several small seabirds (especially genera Aethia and Ptychorhamphus) of the alcid family that occur along North Pacific coasts
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See the bears as well as walrus, auklets and orcas from the new Farewell Harbour Lodge while fishing in the famed Broughton Archipelago Marine Park.
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Sea lions, common murres, and Cassin's auklets died by the thousands because of a lack of food.
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First Known Use of auklet
1883
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