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Definition of Crissum

Crissum
Crissum Cris"sum (kr?s"s?m),, n.; pl. Crissa (-s?). [NL.; cf. L. crisso to move the haunches.] (Zo["o]l.) That part of a bird, or the feathers, surrounding the cloacal opening; the under tail coverts.

Meaning of Crissum from wikipedia

- have modified crests that have both re****bent and recursive features. crissum The feathered area between the vent and the tail. Also, the collective...
- face extends lower and male's crissum is black T. m. obscurus: males like melanocrissus but with white tips on the crissum feathers; females more richly...
- Amazon basin in South America. Males have black plumage, except for a white crissum (the area around the cloaca), with curly feathers on the head and red bill...
- South America. Their plumage is iridescent black with a white or rufous crissum (the area around the cloaca) and tail-tip, and their legs and bills are...
- cannot be separated by plumage, as both are essentially black with a white crissum (the area around the cloaca), and have a yellow (eastern part of its range)...
- are whitish-buff, and the chest, neck, mantle, back, upper tail coverts, crissum (the undertail coverts surrounding the cloaca), and basal part of the tail...
- females are brownish and streaked. Both ****es have a distinctive chestnut crissum. The genus Catamenia was introduced in 1850 by the French naturalist Charles...
- five have a yellow rump and in some cases yellow on the shoulders or crissum (the undertail coverts surrounding the cloaca). The two remaining species...
- the underparts are whitish tinged rufous, especially on the flanks and crissum (the undertail coverts surrounding the cloaca). The nominate and nemoricola...
- where a tint of pinkish lavender is usually present. The lower belly and crissum (the undertail coverts surrounding the cloaca) is white. As with related...