How to Use auklet in a Sentence

auklet

noun
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  • Sea lions, common murres, and Cassin's auklets died by the thousands because of a lack of food.
    — Paul Melovidov, National Geographic, 8 Nov. 2016
  • More than 30 dead seabirds -- murres, auklets and puffins -- have been found near the village in recent weeks, said Ken Stenek, a high school science teacher from the village.
    — Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 19 June 2019
  • Also in the mix are some kittiwakes, murres and auklets, the federal agency said.
    — Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News, 12 Sep. 2017
  • As a bird expert, Dunning was aware that crested auklets, a seabird in the same family as puffins, have fluorescent beaks.
    — Julissa Treviño, Smithsonian, 9 Apr. 2018
  • But Douglas and others have found that crested auklets emit octanal, a compound also found in tangerines.
    — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Apr. 2018
  • Within 30 minutes, seemingly billions of birds— crested and whiskered auklets—were rafting on the sea’s surface until their numbers turned the water black.
    — Sophy Roberts, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Now free of foxes, Big Koniuji still hosts thousands of auklets in the midsummer breeding season.
    — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Apr. 2018
  • Conservationists have long worried about microplastics, the tiny bits that have been found in the stomachs of seabirds, including many petrels, auklets and gulls that live along the California coast.
    — Peter Fimrite, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Since puffins are closely related to auklets, Dunning's curiosity was piqued—and sure enough, his specimen's beak glowed orange.
    — Jamie Dunning, National Geographic, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Forktail storm petrels, fulmars, shearwaters, kittiwakes, auklets and puffins also died.
    — Dan Joling, The Seattle Times, 16 Apr. 2019
  • Officials recorded deaths of forktail storm petrels, fulmars, shearwaters, kittiwakes, auklets and puffins.
    — Dan Joling, The Seattle Times, 11 Aug. 2018

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