Definition of Laughing gull

1. Noun. Small black-headed European gull.

Exact synonyms: Blackcap, Larus Ridibundus, Pewit, Pewit Gull
Generic synonyms: Gull, Sea Gull, Seagull
Group relationships: Genus Larus, Larus

Definition of Laughing gull

1. Noun. A common European gull (''Xema ridibundus''). ¹

2. Noun. An American gull (''Larus atricilla''); in summer the head is nearly black, the back slate color, and the five outer primaries black. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Laughing Gull

laughing-goose
laughing-gull
laughing-hyena
laughing-owl
laughing-stock
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laughing dove
laughing doves
laughing falcon
laughing falcons
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laughing gear
laughing geese
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laughing gull
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laughing heir
laughing heir statute
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laughing hyaena
laughing hyena
laughing hyenas
laughing kookaburra
laughing out of court
laughing owl
laughing owls

Literary usage of Laughing gull

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Year Book by Carnegie Institution of Washington (1920)
"1 laughing gull, 5 little sparrow hawks, 1 broad-wing hawk, 14 least sandpipers, and a small flock of semi-palmated plovers. Jan. 6. ..."

2. Coloured Illustrations of British Birds, and Their Eggs by Henry Leonard Meyer (1857)
"laughing gull. LARUS ATRICILLA. THE laughing gull is a rare occasional visitant on the British coast, two instances only of its appearance being recorded by ..."

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