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kittiwake
(kit′i wāk′)
noun pl. kittiwakes or kittiwake
any of a genus (Rissa) of small gulls of the northern oceans, that nest in cliffs and have a short or rudimentary hind toe
Origin: echoic of its cry
See kittiwake in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Either of two gray gulls (Rissa tridactyla or R. brevirostris) of northern Atlantic regions, that winter on the open ocean and nest in colonies on sea cliffs.
Origin:
Origin: Perhaps imitative of its cry
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