crissum
the region surrounding the cloacal opening beneath the tail of a bird.
the feathers of this region collectively.
Origin of crissum
1Words Nearby crissum
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How to use crissum in a sentence
Female olive-brown, paler below, chin pale ochraceous; middle of belly and crissum white; bill brown, feet yellowish.
Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) | P. L. SclaterFemale: above grey, densely striated with black; beneath dirty white, with dense black striations, belly and crissum fulvous.
Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) | P. L. SclaterBelow, 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.
British Dictionary definitions for crissum
/ (ˈkrɪsəm) /
the area or feathers surrounding the cloaca of a bird
Origin of crissum
1Derived forms of crissum
- crissal, adjective
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