“blacklegged”

The following 2 entries include the term blacklegged.

black-legged tick

noun

black-legged kittiwake

noun

: a kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) that nests along northern coasts of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and is largely pure white with pale gray mantling and black wing tips and feet compare red-legged kittiwake


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