| 单词 | kittiwake gull |
| 释义 | > as lemmaskittiwake gull Any seagull of the genus Rissa; esp. (and primarily) R. tridactyla, the common species of the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, a small gull having generally white plumage with black markings on the primaries, very long wings, and the hind toe very short or rudimentary. Also kittiwake gull. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Laridae (gulls and terns) > [noun] > member of genus Larus (gull) > larus tridactylus (kittiwake) kittiwake1661 tarrock1674 petrel1770 haglet1803 kitty1806 tickle-ace1819 wake-up kittle1832 mackerel bird1879 1661 Ray Three Itin. ii, in Lankester Mem. John Ray (1846) 155 The other birds which nestle in the Basse are these; the scout,..the cattiwake. 1684 R. Sibbald Scotl. Illustr. ii. iii. 20 Avis Kittiwake, ex Larorum genere, egregii saporis. 1698 in Warrender Marchmont (1894) 184 Kittie warks, 12..Rost rabets 6. 1744 T. Preston in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 43 61 Many Sorts of Wild fowl;..the Dunter Goose,..Solan-Goose,..Kittiwaiks..etc. 1748 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 4) IV. 317 In the Mouth of the River Forth lie several Islands..[which abound] with Fowl, particularly those called..Kittawaax..about the Size of a Dove. 1877 C. W. Thomson Voy. ‘Challenger’ I. iii. 199 A few kittiwakes followed the ship for the first days after we left Teneriffe. 1881 R. Buchanan God & Man II. 263 Innumerable terns and kittiwake gulls were hovering over the vessel. < as lemmas |
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