#auk  black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas
  supertype:  seabird__sea_bird__seabird__seafowl  a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc.
  subtype:  auklet  razorbill  little_auk  great_auk  guillemot
  member of:  family_Alcidae__Alcidae  web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc.
     member of:  order_Charadriiformes__Charadriiformes  large diverse order of aquatic birds found along seacoasts and inland waters: shorebirds and coastal diving birds; most feed on anima life
        member of:  class_Aves__Aves  birds
           member of:  subphylum_Vertebrata__Vertebrata__Craniata__subphylum_Craniata  fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals
              member of:  phylum_Chordata__Chordata  comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord
                 member of:  kingdom_Animalia__Animalia__animal_kingdom  taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals

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