kittiwake

English

red-legged kittiwake (Rissa brevirostris)

Alternative forms

• kittiewake, kittywake

Etymology

Originally Scots, imitative of the bird's call.

Noun

kittiwake (plural kittiwakes or kittiwake)

1. Either of two small gulls in the genus Rissa of the family Laridae that nest in colonies on sea cliffs and spend the winter on the open ocean.
2. (UK, Ireland) the black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla), no other kittiwake being found in Europe.

Synonyms

• kitty (UK, dialectal, archaic)

Derived terms

• black-legged kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla (North Atlantic)
• red-legged kittiwake, Rissa brevirostris (North Pacific)

Translations

kittiwake

• Catalan: gavineta
• Danish: ride (da) c
• Faroese: ryta f, rita (fo) f
• Finnish: kajava (fi)
• German: Dreizehenmöwe (de) f
• Icelandic: rita (is) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: krykkje (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: krykkje f

• Ottoman Turkish: مارتی (martı)
• Russian: мо́евка (ru) f (mójevka)

Rissa tridactyla

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: krykkje (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: krykkje f

• Old Norse: rytr m
• Welsh: gwylan goesddu f

References

• kittiwake on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Rissa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Rissa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons