This section is from the book "The Home Cyclopedia Of General Information", by Charles Morris. Also available from Amazon: Home Cyclopedia of Necessary Knowledge.
An arctic sea-bird allied to the auks, so called from its short, thick, swollen beak and rounded belly. It is also known by the names of bottle-nose, cockandy, coulterneb, mormon, pope, and sea-parrot.
 
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