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red-legged kittiwake (Rissa brevirostris)

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Etymology

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Originally Scots, imitative of the bird's call.

Noun

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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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