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Definition of Crissum
1. n. That part of a bird, or the feathers, surrounding the cloacal opening; the under tail coverts.
Definition of Crissum
1. Noun. The area of feathers on a bird that surround its cloaca. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crissum
1. a region of feathers on a bird [n CRISSA] : CRISSAL [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crissum
Literary usage of Crissum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Birds of the Colorado Valley ...: Scientific and Popular Information by Elliott Coues (1878)
"... aud crissum, the breast alone marked with numerous small arrow-head spots of
the color of the back. Bill light colored at base below. ..."
2. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1891)
"crissum rufous. a'". Basal band of bill yellow : < yellow I base of upper mandible
partly b'". Basal band of bill white ( base of upper mandible black. <f. ..."
3. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1892)
"Middle of belly and crissum white or whitish. . . minuta. c'. ... crissum and
under tail-coverts grayish or white with darker base. ......... anna. b'. ..."
4. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1901)
"t gray, finely mottled with ]>ule brown and butty and with tine black shaft
streaks; crissum ... but the head paler bine, back grayer, and crissum white. ..."
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