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crissum

crissum noun: the area of feathers on a bird that surround its cloaca.

Noun

crissum (plural crissa)

  1. The area of feathers on a bird that surround its cloaca.

Forms of crissum

pluralcrissa

Words formed from crissum

Questions about crissum

What does crissum mean?
Crissum means the area of feathers on a bird that surround its cloaca.
What part of speech is crissum?
Crissum is a noun.
What is the plural of crissum?
The plural of crissum is crissa.

Words near crissum in the dictionary

  1. Crissie
  2. Crissinger
  3. Crissingers
  4. Crissman
  5. Crissmans
  6. crissum
  7. Crissy
  8. Crist
  9. crista
  10. crista ampullaris
  11. crista cutis

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