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alci(di)ne: seabirds
1. Similar to auks and puffins.
2. The Alcidae family consists of twenty-three species of diving seabirds found in the northern hemisphere; wings short and rounded offering poor flight but efficient underwater swimming.

They are gregarious, migratory, and feed mostly on fish and crustaceans.

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