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Crissa
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.
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 tridactyla
Kittiwake 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.
Vibrissa
Vibrissa 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.
Vibrissae
Vibrissa 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.

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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...
- 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...
- 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...
- The red-legged kittiwake (Rissa brevirostris) is a seabird species in the gull family Laridae. It breeds in the Pribilof Islands, Bogoslof Island, and...
- 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...
- Rissa Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Rissa, Sør-Trøndelag. It has sections for ****ociation football, team handball, gymnastics and track and...
- Botn (also called Rissa-Botn) is an inland fjord in the Rissa area of the muni****lity of Indre Fosen in Trøndelag county, Norway. It flows through a...
- appearance of End of the Line) Rissa Kerguelen (1976, later reissued as Young Rissa and Rissa and Tregare) Young Rissa Rissa and Tregare The Long View (1976)...