auklet

IPA: ˈaʊkɫɪt

Any of several small seabirds in the genera Aethia, Cerorhinca and Ptychoramphus of the auk family Alcidae.

Examples of "auklet" in Sentences

"It was clear the auklet samples kept mosquitoes away".
Watch this human version of crested auklet allo-anointing:
To test his theory, he went into the laboratory with a few auklet feathers.
The auklet, the puffin and the kingfishers burrow into the friendly and solid earth.
Additionally, seabirds including Northern fulmars and Cassin's auklet have been injured or killed.
The two most harvested species are crested auklet (Aethia cristatella) (about 12,000) and common murre (about 10,000) [71].
Hector Douglas, a University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher, said he made the discovery in the feathers of the crested auklet after applying a little scientific intuition and sacrificing some of his own blood....
The article, Prenuptial perfume: Alloanointing in the social rituals of the crested auklet Aethia cristatella and the transfer of arthropod deterrents, will be published in the German journal Naturwissenschaften.