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merisk

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EKI Combined Dictionary 2026

Last modified 27.04.2026

Meanings

musta-valge sulestiku ja tugeva punase nokaga valjuhäälne rannikulind
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Merisk on Fääri saarte rahvuslind.

Usage examples
  • Meremolluskite kodade avamiseks toksivad meriskid neid vastu rannakive.
  • Lõuna poolt tuli viissada meriskit: laiguline toredus, punakad kivised nokad vilistamas.

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Domain classified zoology
merisk
meriski former
  • must-valge sulestikuga ja punase noka ning jalgadega veelind
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    • Kiivitajast veidi suurem, pikkus 40–45 cm, tiibade siruulatus 80–86 cm. Sulestik kontrastselt must-valge, nokk, jalad ja silmarõngas punased. Elutseb erinevat tüüpi randadel, meresaartel, mõnel pool ka suuremate siseveekogude kallastel. Toitub rannajoonel ussidest, li­mustest, vähkidest,mõnikord otsib ussikesiveekogust eemal. Pesa teeb klibule või madalamurusele rannaniidule, kurnas on ena­masti 3 muna. Häälitseb pidevalt ja valjult.
  • a wader in the oystercatcher bird family Haematopodidae
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    • Common, conspicuous, and often noisy large wader (shorebird) of varied coastal habitats, especially beaches and mudflats; also nearby fields and locally inland. Winter flocks number locally in hundreds. Probes in mud and uses its bill to pry open shellfish (mainly mussels and cockles, not oysters). Distinctive, with boldly pied plumage, long bright orange-red bill, thick pinkish legs. In flight shows broad white wing stripe, white rump and tail with broad black tail tip.
merisk
meriski former
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  • Varemkasutatud nimetus
Eurasian Oystercatcher
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  • Official English names of birds are capitalized, as is the current practice in ornithology (e.g., Yellow-throated Warbler).
Haematopus ostralegus

Word forms

Inflection Type 2e

merisk meriskid
meriski meriskite
meriskit meriskeid

Etymology

  • merisk Sõnast meri

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