kit|ti|wake

kit|ti|wake
kit|ti|wake «KIHT ih wayk», noun, plural -wakes or (collectively) -wake.
either one of two sea gulls of the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans, with black or red legs, long wings with solid black tips, and a very short or rudimentary hind toe.
[earlier cattiwake; imitative of its call]

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