genus rissa

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   a genus of Laridae

   SynonymsRissa

   Broaderbird genus

   Part ofLaridae

Questions about genus rissa

What does genus rissa mean?

genus rissa means "a genus of Laridae".

What is another word for genus rissa?

Close synonyms include Rissa. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus rissa a common word?

genus rissa is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.