English Explanatory Dictionary

Kittlitz's murrelet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Brachyramphus brevirostris, a small alcid found in the waters off Alaska and Eastern Siberia.

Word forms

Kittlitz's murrelet Kittlitz's murrelets

Etymology

Named after the German zoologist Heinrich von Kittlitz, who first collected the species.

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