ALCID Definition & Meaning

alcid

[ al-sid ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Also ��·��·�徱�Ա� [] of, pertaining, or belonging to the family Alcidae, comprising the auks, murres, puffins, etc.

noun

a bird of the family Alcidae.

Discover More

�y��vlog 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

Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

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

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

From

Browse