auklet

noun

auk·let ˈȯ-klət

: any of several small seabirds (especially genera Aethia and Ptychorhamphus) of the alcid family that occur along North Pacific coasts

Examples of auklet in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Interest in the subject has accelerated because of die-offs of some of the puffin’s auk family relatives, such as common murres and Cassin’s auklets off the West Coast. —

Patrick Whittle, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2023 There are four species of puffin: the Atlantic, the horned, the tufted and the rhinoceros auklet. —

Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 27 Sep. 2022 The crested auklet looks like a smiling clown that never blinks. —

Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Oct. 2021 Plankton-eating auklets, for instance, increased in the northern Bering Sea in 2017 and 2018, but declined in the Chukchi Sea. —

Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American, 26 Feb. 2020 See all Example Sentences for auklet

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