kittiwake

English
red-legged kittiwake (Rissa brevirostris)

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Etymology

Originally Scots, imitative of the bird's call.

Noun

kittiwake (plural kittiwakes or kittiwake)

  1. Either of two small gulls in the genus Rissa of the family Laridae that nest in colonies on sea cliffs and spend the winter on the open ocean.

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