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black-legged kittiwake

black-legged kittiwake noun: a seabird species in the gull family Laridae, Rissa tridactyla.

black-legged kittiwake: a seabird species in the gull family Laridae, Rissa tridactyla
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Noun

black-legged kittiwake (plural black-legged kittiwakes)

  1. A seabird species in the gull family Laridae, Rissa tridactyla.

black-legged kittiwake meaning in Malayalam, Persian and Thai

black-legged kittiwake in Malayalam

Rissa tridactyla
കിറ്റിവെയ്ക്ക് കടൽക്കാക്ക kiṟṟiveykkŭ kaṭalkkākka

black-legged kittiwake in Persian

Rissa tridactyla
کاکایی پاسیاه

black-legged kittiwake in Thai

Rissa tridactyla
นกคิตติเวกขาดำ nók kʰít-tì-wêek kʰăa-dam

Forms of black-legged kittiwake

pluralblack-legged kittiwakes

Questions about black-legged kittiwake

What does black-legged kittiwake mean?
Black-legged kittiwake means a seabird species in the gull family Laridae, Rissa tridactyla.
What is black-legged kittiwake in Malayalam?
Black-legged kittiwake in Malayalam is കിറ്റിവെയ്ക്ക് കടൽക്കാക്ക (kiṟṟiveykkŭ kaṭalkkākka). See Black-legged kittiwake meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is black-legged kittiwake?
Black-legged kittiwake is a noun.
What is the plural of black-legged kittiwake?
The plural of black-legged kittiwake is black-legged kittiwakes.

Words near black-legged kittiwake in the dictionary

  1. black-house
  2. black-houses
  3. black-humored
  4. black-jack
  5. black-jacks
  6. black-legged kittiwake
  7. black-legged kittiwakes
  8. black-legged tick
  9. black-legged ticks
  10. black-letter
  11. black-letter day

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