- atlantic kittiwake
- noun
Usage: usually capitalized A: a kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) of the No. Atlantic coasts largely pure white with pale gray mantling and black wing tips and feet — compare pacific kittiwake
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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