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black-legged kittiwake

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A seabird species in the gull family Laridae, Rissa tridactyla.

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Across languages

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37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: swartpootbrandervoël — Rissa tridactyla
  • Aleut: gidaax̂ — Rissa tridactyla
  • Catalan: gavina cuaforcada — Rissa tridactyla
  • Catalan: gavineta — Rissa tridactyla
  • Chinese Mandarin: 三趾鸥 (sān-zhǐ ōu) — Rissa tridactyla
  • Czech: racek tříprstý — Rissa tridactyla
  • Danish: ride — Rissa tridactyla
  • Dutch: drieteenmeeuw — Rissa tridactyla
  • Esperanto: trifingra mevo — Rissa tridactyla
  • Estonian: kaljukajakas — Rissa tridactyla
  • Finnish: pikkukajava — Rissa tridactyla
  • French: mouette tridactyle — Rissa tridactyla
  • Georgian: სამთითა თოლია (samtita tolia) — Rissa tridactyla
  • German: Dreizehenmöwe — Rissa tridactyla
  • Greek: ρίσσα (ríssa) — Rissa tridactyla
  • Greek: τριδάκτυλος γλάρος (tridáktylos gláros) — Rissa tridactyla
  • Hungarian: háromujjú csüllő — Rissa tridactyla
  • Icelandic: rita — Rissa tridactyla
  • Irish: saidhbhéar — Rissa tridactyla
  • Italian: gabbiano tridattilo — Rissa tridactyla
  • Japanese: 三趾鴎 (mitsuyubi kamome) — Rissa tridactyla
  • Korean: 세가락갈매기 (segarakgalmaegi) — Rissa tridactyla
  • Malayalam: കിറ്റിവെയ്ക്ക് കടൽക്കാക്ക (kiṟṟiveykkŭ kaṭalkkākka) — Rissa tridactyla
  • Mongolian: ᠭᠣᠷᠪᠠᠨ ᠬᠣᠷᠣᠭᠣᠲᠣ ᠵᠠᠬᠠᠯᠠᠢ (ɣorban korogoto ǰaqalai) — Rissa tridactyla
  • Norwegian: krykkje — Rissa tridactyla
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: krykkje — Rissa tridactyla
  • Persian: کاکایی پاسیاه — Rissa tridactyla
  • Polish: mewa trójpalczasta — Rissa tridactyla
  • Portuguese: gaivota-tridáctila — Rissa tridactyla
  • Romanian: pescăruș cu trei degete — Rissa tridactyla
  • Russian: моевка (mojevka) — Rissa tridactyla
  • Slovak: čajka trojprstá — Rissa tridactyla
  • Spanish: gaviota tridáctila — Rissa tridactyla
  • Swedish: tretåig mås — Rissa tridactyla
  • Thai: นกคิตติเวกขาดํา (nók khít-tì-wêek khăa-dam) — Rissa tridactyla
  • Ukrainian: мартин трипалий (martyn trypalyj) — Rissa tridactyla
  • Welsh: gwylan goesddu — Rissa tridactyla