Word: auk
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...years ago he took in hand a list of 100 words that should be recognized by this hypothetical person, and administered it to his students year after year. The students had to use each word in a sentence, and brilliant examples would come in, like this: p>"The great auk is now extinct...
...comforting to think that there may still be something in the animal world unknown to man. The more credulous scientists are willing to admit that perhaps a few members of an "extinct" species are still "carrying on". Perhaps the Great Auk's ghost may yet return and hatch its phantom...