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单词 kittiwake
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
kit•ti•wake  (kitē wāk′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Birdseither of two small, pearl-gray gulls of the genus Rissa, the black-legged R. tridactyla of the North Atlantic and the red-legged and red-billed R. brevirostris, of the Bering Sea, both nesting on narrow cliff ledges and having a rudimentary hind toe.
  • imitative 1655–65

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
kittiwake /ˈkɪtɪˌweɪk/ n
  1. either of two oceanic gulls of the genus Rissa, esp R. tridactyla, having a white plumage with pale grey black-tipped wings and a square-cut tail
Etymology: 17th Century: of imitative origin
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