kittiwakes

Variant of kittiwake

kittiwake definition

kit·ti·wake (kit′i wāk′)

noun pl. kittiwakes -·wakes′ or kittiwake -·wake′

any of a genus (Rissa) of small gulls of the northern oceans, that nest in cliffs and have a short or rudimentary hind toe

Etymology: echoic of its cry

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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