Kittiwake Definition

kĭtē-wāk
kittiwakes
noun
Any of a genus (Rissa) of small gulls of the northern oceans, that nest in cliffs and have a short or rudimentary hind toe.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Kittiwake

Noun

Singular:
kittiwake
Plural:
kittiwakes

Origin of Kittiwake

  • Perhaps imitative of its cry

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Kittiwake Sentence Examples

  • You can see eight species there, including the kittiwake.

  • There is an immense variety of water-fowl, including the phalarope, fulmar petrel, kittiwake, Manx shearwater, black guillemot, whimbrel, puffin and white-tailed eagle.

  • They are rich in sea-fowl, the most common being the eider duck, puffin, Manx shearwater, black guillemot, kittiwake and herring gull.

  • A minibus took them into Thurso where they found a suitable snipe named Kittiwake belonging to John Shearer.

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