Gull family ; skimmer family ; jaeger family ; auk family .
海鸥科;剪嘴鸥科;贼鸥科;海雀科。
A great juicy steak ; a great multitude ; the great auk ; a great old oak ; a great ocean liner ; a great delay .
较多汁的烤肉;绝大多数;巨大的海鸟;巨大的老橡树;巨型客轮;长时间的拖延。
While humans had hunted the auk for millennia , with native americans including the skins and bones in their death rituals , excessive hunting for meat and feathers was too much for the population to bear .