garefowl

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noun

The great auk.

OriginIcelandic geirfugl ← Old Norse geirfugl →
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Meanings

noungarefowl (plural garefowls)

plural garefowls · alternative gairfowl · alternative gare-fowl · alternative gurfel

  1. The great auk.

    The Faroese men were able to catch more than a dozen gare-fowl along with 200 guillemots and numerous gannets, collecting them from rocks which the Icelanders were not brave enough to climb.

    2020, Tim Ecott, The Land of Maybe, Short Books, published 2021, page 81
  2. archaicrareThe razorbill

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
great auk

Origin

  1. Old Norsegeirfugl“great auk”
  2. Icelandicgeirfugl
  3. Englishgarefowl

From Icelandic geirfugl, from Old Norse geirfugl (“great auk”), related to Swedish garfågel, Danish geirfugl, Faroese geirfuglur, gorfuglur, French gorfou.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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