gull : Idioms & Phrases

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black-backed gull

  • noun white gull having a black back and wings
    Larus marinus; black-backed gull; cob.
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Fork-tailed gull

  • (Zoöl.), a gull of the genus Xema, of two species, esp. X. Sabinii of the Arctic Ocean.
Webster 1913

great black-backed gull

  • noun white gull having a black back and wings
    Larus marinus; black-backed gull; cob.
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Gull teaser

  • (Zoöl.), the jager; also applied to certain species of terns.
Webster 1913

Herring gull

  • noun large gull of the northern hemisphere
    Larus argentatus.
WordNet
  • (Zoöl.), a large gull which feeds in part upon herrings; esp., Larus argentatus in America, and L. cachinnans in England. See Gull.
Webster 1913

Hooded gull

  • the European black-headed pewit or gull.
Webster 1913

Ivory gull

  • noun white Arctic gull; migrates as far south as England and New Brunswick
    Pagophila eburnea.
WordNet
  • (Zoöl.), a white Arctic gull (Larus eburneus).
Webster 1913

Laughing gull

  • noun small black-headed European gull
    pewit; blackcap; laughing gull; Larus ridibundus.
WordNet
  • . (Zoöl.) (a) A common European gull (Xema ridibundus); called also pewit, black cap, red-legged gull, and sea crow. (b) An American gull (Larus atricilla) . In summer the head is nearly black, the back slate color, and the five outer primaries black.
Webster 1913

Mackerel gull

  • (Zoöl.) any one of several species of gull which feed upon or follow mackerel, as the kittiwake.
Webster 1913

mew gull

  • noun the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America
    mew; Larus canus; sea mew.
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Parasitic gull, Parasitic jager

  • . (Zoöl.) See Jager.
Webster 1913

pewit gull

  • noun small black-headed European gull
    pewit; blackcap; laughing gull; Larus ridibundus.
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Robber gull

  • (Zoöl.), a jager gull.
Webster 1913

sea gull

  • noun mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs
    seagull; gull.
WordNet
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Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) Any gull living on the seacoast.
Webster 1913

Swallow-tailed gull

  • (Zoöl.), an Arctic gull (Xema furcata), which has a deeply forked tail.
Webster 1913

Wedge-tailed gull

  • an arctic gull (Rhodostethia rosea) in which the plumage is tinged with rose; called also Ross's gull.
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Winter gull

  • (Zoöl.), the common European gull; called also winter mew. Prov. Eng.
Webster 1913