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Kittiwake   /kˈɪtɪwˌeɪk/   Listen
Kittiwake

noun
1.
Small pearl-grey gull of northern regions; nests on cliffs and has a rudimentary hind toe.





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"Kittiwake" Quotes from Famous Books



... seem all strangely devoid of animal life—at least in a December north-east gale; not a whale did we see—only a pair of porpoises; not a sea-bird, save a lonely little kittiwake or two, who swung round our stern in quest of food: but the seeming want of life was only owing to our want of eyes; each night the wake teemed more bright with flame-atomies. One kind were little brilliant ...
— At Last • Charles Kingsley


Words linked to "Kittiwake" :   genus Rissa, gull, seagull, sea gull, Rissa


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