crissum
Americannoun
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crissa
plural
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the region surrounding the cloacal opening beneath the tail of a bird.
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the feathers of this region collectively.
noun
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Origin of crissum
1870–75; < New Latin, equivalent to Latin criss ( āre ) to move the haunches + -um noun suffix
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Description.—Ashy grey; back rusty red; wing-coverts blackish; chin, lower belly, and crissum whitish: whole length 6·5 inches, wing 3·7, tail 2·6.
From Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson
Female: above grey, densely striated with black; beneath dirty white, with dense black striations, belly and crissum fulvous.
From Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson
Female olive-brown, paler below, chin pale ochraceous; middle of belly and crissum white; bill brown, feet yellowish.
From Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson
Differs from No. 709 in much darker upperparts, more rusty flanks and crissum, much larger and more intensely black spots on lower parts and less curved bill.
From Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix by Frank M. Chapman
Description.—Above slaty grey, head black; below paler, chin white, striped- 5 - with black; middle of belly and crissum white; bill and feet pale yellow: total length 7·6 inches, wing 4·4, tail 3·5.
From Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson
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