'Dovekie' definitions:
Definition of 'dovekie'
(from WordNet)
noun
Small short-billed auk abundant in Arctic regions [syn: little auk, dovekie, Plautus alle]
Definition of 'Dovekie'
From: GCIDE
- Dovekie \Dove"kie\, n. (Zool.) A guillemot (Uria grylle), of the arctic regions. Also applied to the little auk or sea dove. See under Dove. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'dovekie'
From: GCIDE
- Rotche \Rotche\, n. (Zool.) A very small arctic sea bird (Mergulus alle, or {Alle alle}) common on both coasts of the Atlantic in winter; -- called also little auk, dovekie, rotch, rotchie, and sea dove. [1913 Webster]