alcidine

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of an auk.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

adjectivealcidine (comparative more alcidine, superlative most alcidine)

comparative more alcidine · superlative most alcidine

  1. Resembling or characteristic of an auk.

    He reminded Lilly of a great auk, something alcidine in the thin cheeks with the mouth cutting so widely toward the ears.

    2022, Fannie Hurst, Star-Dust: A Story of an American Girl

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APA

alcidine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alcidine

MLA

“alcidine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alcidine. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alcidine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alcidine.

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