alcid

[ al-sid ]

adjective

1. Also al·ci·dine [] of, pertaining, or belonging to the family Alcidae, comprising the auks, murres, puffins, etc.

noun

1. a bird of the family Alcidae.

Word History and Origins

Origin of alcid¹

< New Latin Alcidae name of the family, equivalent to Alc ( a ) an auk genus (< Scandinavian; auk ) + -idae -id ²

Example Sentences

She is a daughter of Dr. Carla Maria P. Alcid and Dr. Michael R. O. Recto of Irvine, Calif. The bride’s father is a pediatric interventional cardiologist and the medical director of pediatric cardiology at the Children’s Hospital of Orange County in Orange, Calif. Her mother is a pediatric emergency medicine physician at the Children’s Hospital of Orange County in Orange.

From New York Times

Uria, ū′ri-a, n. a genus of Alcid�—the guillemots and murres.

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