单词 | black-legged kittiwake |
释义 | > as lemmasblack-legged kittiwake black-legged kittiwake n. chiefly North American a Holarctic kittiwake with black legs, Rissa tridactyla, which breeds on the coastal cliffs of arctic and northern seas.Usually known simply as the ‘kittiwake’ in Europe. ΚΠ 1903 Zoologist 7 143 I was attracted by the sight of a Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactylites pollicaris, Stejneger) flying with one leg hanging downward as if broken. 1956 Wilson Bull. 68 321 It fed with an immature female Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla), which I collected. 2001 Canad. Geographic Trav. & Adventure Spring–Summer 22/2 Among the 30 species of birds found here are..colonies of thick-billed murres and black-legged kittiwakes. < as lemmas |
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