Rissa

See also: rissa

Translingual

Etymology

Believed to be from Icelandic rita

Proper noun

Rissa f

A taxonomic genus within the family Laridae – the kittiwakes.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Reptilia - class; Aves - subclass; Neognathae - infraclass; Neoaves - superorder; Charadriiformes - order; Lari - suborder; Laridae - family; Larinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(genus): Rissa tridactyla, Rissa brevirostris - species

References

Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Rissa

A former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag, Norway, merged with Leksvik in Nord-Trøndelag to form Indre Fosen municipality in Trøndelag county on 1 Jan 2018; the two counties were merged on the same day.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Rissa

A former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag, Norway, merged with Leksvik in Nord-Trøndelag to form Indre Fosen municipality in Trøndelag county on 1 Jan 2018; the two counties were merged on the same day.

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