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Definition of Kittiwakes
1. kittiwake [n] - See also: kittiwake
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kittiwakes
Literary usage of Kittiwakes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Two Summers in Greenland: An Artist's Adventures Among Ice and Islands, in by Andreas Christian Riis Carstensen (1890)
"... —kittiwakes and puffins have taken possession of the lands—Godman relates his
hunting adventures—Kron- ..."
2. The Birds of Essex County, Massachusetts by Charles Wendell Townsend (1905)
"Of this custom the kittiwakes— or 'Pinny Owls,' as these men invariably call
them — are well aware, and swarms of them quickly collect around the boats to ..."
3. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1902)
"On the 19th of May the whole group of kittiwakes — some five hundred or six
hundred—were ... The kittiwakes were nesting among the Looms on the ledges, ..."
4. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1902)
"On the 19th of May the whole group of kittiwakes — some five hundred or six
hundred—were ... The kittiwakes were nesting among the Looms on the ledges, ..."
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