pacific kittiwake

pacific kittiwake
noun
Usage: usually capitalized P
: a kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla pollicaris) of the northern Pacific ocean that is pure white with black feet, a pearl-gray mantle, and broadly black-tipped wings — compare atlantic kittiwake, red-legged kittiwake

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