auklet

[ awk-lit ]

noun

1. any of several small auks of the coasts of the North Pacific, as Aethia cristatella crested auklet, having a crest of recurved plumes.

auklet

/ ˈɔːklɪt /

noun

1. any of various small auks of the genera Aethia and Ptychoramphus

Word History and Origins

Origin of auklet¹

First recorded in 1885–90; auk + -let

Example Sentences

“I came upon a baby auklet on the beach. It was getting weak, dying slowly and suffering,” said David Akeya, a Savoonga resident.

From Seattle Times

But the arrival of hundreds of emaciated puffin carcasses, as well as of a second species known as the Crested auklet, alarmed and astonished local residents and scientists.

From Washington Post

Most were tufted puffins but bodies of a second seabird, the Crested auklet, were also found.

From BBC

The tip-off that something had gone seriously wrong for a small gray sea bird called the Cassin’s auklet were the carcasses washing up on beaches by the thousands.

From Seattle Times

From the Space Needle to the rhinoceros auklet — the symbols of our region’s wild and civilized places.

From Seattle Times