Rissa
See also: rissa
Translingual
Wikispecies
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.