kittiwake (redirected from Black-legged Kittiwake)

kit·ti·wake  (kt-wk)

n.

Either of two gray gulls (Rissa tridactyla or R. brevirostris) of northern Atlantic regions, that winter on the open ocean and nest in colonies on sea cliffs.

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[Perhaps imitative of its cry.]

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kittiwake

Noun

a type of seagull with pale grey black-tipped wings and a square-cut tail [imitative]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

kittiwake - small pearl-grey gull of northern regions; nests on cliffs and has a rudimentary hind toe sea gull, seagull, gull - mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs genus Rissa, Rissa - a genus of Laridae