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CrissaCrissum 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. Crissal
Crissal Cris"sal (kr?s"sal), a. (Zo["o]l.)
1. Pertaining to the crissum; as, crissal feathers.
2. Having highly colored under tail coverts; as, the crissal
thrasher.
Perissad
Perissad Per"is*sad, a. [Gr. ? odd, from ? over.] (Chem.)
Odd; not even; -- said of elementary substances and of
radicals whose valence is not divisible by two without a
remainder. Contrasted with artiad.
Rissa tridactylaKittiwake Kit"ti*wake, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A northern gull (Rissa tridactyla), inhabiting the coasts
of Europe and America. It is white, with black tips to the
wings, and has but three toes. VibrissaVibrissa Vi*bris"sa, n.; pl. Vibriss[ae]. [L. vibrissae,
pl., the hairs in the nostrils of man, fr. vibrare to
vibrate; -- so called because touching them tickles a person,
and causes him to shake his head.]
1. (Anat.) One of the specialized or tactile hairs which grow
about the nostrils, or on other parts of the face, in many
animals, as the so-called whiskers of the cat, and the
hairs of the nostrils of man.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The bristlelike feathers near the mouth of many
birds. VibrissaeVibrissa Vi*bris"sa, n.; pl. Vibriss[ae]. [L. vibrissae,
pl., the hairs in the nostrils of man, fr. vibrare to
vibrate; -- so called because touching them tickles a person,
and causes him to shake his head.]
1. (Anat.) One of the specialized or tactile hairs which grow
about the nostrils, or on other parts of the face, in many
animals, as the so-called whiskers of the cat, and the
hairs of the nostrils of man.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The bristlelike feathers near the mouth of many
birds.
Meaning of Rissa from wikipedia
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Rissa may
refer to:
Rissa (bird),
genus of
birds known as
kittiwakes Rissa brevirostris, also
known as the red-legged
kittiwake Rissa tridactyla, also...
- The
kittiwakes (genus
Rissa) are two
closely related seabird species in the gull
family Laridae, the black-legged
kittiwake (
Rissa tridactyla) and the red-legged...
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Rissa is a
former muni****lity in the old Sør-Trøndelag
county in
Norway in the
Fosen region. The muni****lity
existed from 1860
until its dissolution...
- The black-legged
kittiwake (
Rissa tridactyla) is a
seabird species in the gull
family Laridae. This
species was
first described by Carl
Linnaeus in his...
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Rissa (born
Karin Martin on 22 June 1938 in
Rabenstein near Chemnitz), is a
German artist and
former professor at the
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. In 1964...
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Rissa Idrettslag is a
Norwegian sports club from
Rissa in
Indre Fosen Muni****lity in Trøndelag county. It has
sections for ****ociation football, team...
- The red-legged
kittiwake (
Rissa brevirostris) is a
seabird species in the gull
family Laridae. It
breeds in the
Pribilof Islands,
Bogoslof Island, and...
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Rissa Church (Norwegian:
Rissa kirke) is a
parish church of the
Church of
Norway in
Indre Fosen Muni****lity in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located...
- Rein kloster) was a
Roman Catholic religious house for
women located in
Rissa on the
Fosen peninsula to the
northwest of
Trondheim in Trøndelag, Norway...
- species)
Subfamily Larinae (gulls)
Genus Creagrus (swallow-tailed gull)
Genus Rissa (kittiwakes) (2 species)
Genus Pagophila (ivory gull)
Genus Xema (Sabine's...
