Alca torda

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Alca torda
    n 1: black-and-white northern Atlantic auk having a compressed
         sharp-edged bill [syn: {razorbill}, {razor-billed auk},
         {Alca torda}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Razorbill \Ra"zor*bill`\ (-b[i^]l`), n. (Zool.)
   (a) A species of auk ({Alca torda}) common in the Arctic
       seas. See {Auk}, and Illust. in Appendix.
   (b) See {Cutwater}, 3.
       [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Auk \Auk\, n. [Prov. E. alk; akin to Dan. alke, Icel. & Sw.
   alka.] (Zool.)
   A name given to various species of arctic sea birds of the
   family {Alcid[ae]}. The great auk, now extinct, is {Alca
   impennis} (or {Plautus impennis}) . The razor-billed auk is
   {Alca torda}. See {Puffin}, {Guillemot}, and {Murre}.
   [1913 Webster]

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