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crissum

[ kris-uhm ]

noun

, Ornithology.
, plural cris·sa [kris, -, uh].
  1. the region surrounding the cloacal opening beneath the tail of a bird.
  2. the feathers of this region collectively.


crissum

/ ˈkrɪsəm /

noun

  1. the area or feathers surrounding the cloaca of a bird
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈcrissal, adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of crissum1

1870–75; < New Latin, equivalent to Latin criss ( āre ) to move the haunches + -um noun suffix
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Word History and Origins

Origin of crissum1

C19: from New Latin, from Latin crissāre to move the haunches
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Example Sentences

Female olive-brown, paler below, chin pale ochraceous; middle of belly and crissum white; bill brown, feet yellowish.

Female: above grey, densely striated with black; beneath dirty white, with dense black striations, belly and crissum fulvous.

Below, bright lemon-yellow, the crissum white or merely tinged with yellow.

Below grayish buff rapidly fading when older to a greenish gray; abdomen and crissum pale straw-yellow.

Below, olive-yellow darker on the flanks, the abdomen and crissum white.

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