black-legged kittiwake
chiefly North American
noun
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..
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in The Zoologist: a miscellany of natural history.
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