kitten-shark

(kit’n-shirk), n. A-shark of the family Heterodont ide, Heterodont us zebra, of China and Japan: a translation of the Chinese name. kittie, n. See kitty. kittiwake (kit’i-wak),. [So called in imitation of its ery.] A gull of the genus Ri a, family Laride, having the hind toe unusually short or rudimentary, the wings extremely long, a bill with an acute decurved tip, and peeuliarly colored primaries. The common kittiwake, Ri a tridactyl a, abounds in the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans, nesting in myriads on rocky cliffs, and migrating southward in winter. It is about 17 inches long and 36 in extent of wings. The color of the adult is snow-white, with dark pearl-blue mantle; the primaries are cro ed with black, and tipped with white; the bill is yellow, cloudiu Kittiwake (Ri a tridactyl a),. ed with olive. In the young the bill, a bar on the tail, and patches on the upper parts are black, and the feet are blackish. Also called white gull and winter-guil. The red legged kittiwake, Ri a brevirostris, is a beautiful species, with coral-red bill and feet, inhabiting the North Pacific. Also abbreviated /ritty, Kittie. kittle! (kit’l), v. 4; pret. and pp. kittled, ppr. kittling. [ oN kittle That no we er deceyved thurgh quayntes of the devel, kivi, and kitellynge of thaire fle he. kiwi MS. Coll. Eton, 10,f. 4. (Hail i well.) kiwi-kiwi It never fails, on drink in deep, Same To kittle up our notion. Burns, Holy Fair. Kix He took great liberties with his Royal Highne —pokof ing and kitting him in the ribs with his forefinger. Galt, The Steam-Boat, p. 250. [Prov. kixent, kittle! (kit’l), a. [