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Definition of Great black-backed gull
1. Noun. White gull having a black back and wings.
Generic synonyms: Gull, Sea Gull, Seagull
Group relationships: Genus Larus, Larus
Definition of Great black-backed gull
1. Noun. A large European and American gull, ''Larus marinus''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Great Black-backed Gull
Literary usage of Great black-backed gull
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1844)
"... the back with a large dusky spot towards the end; the quills and tail-feathers
barred with the same. THE great black-backed gull. LARUS MARINUS, Linn. ..."
2. The Natural History of Ireland by William Thompson, James R. Garrett, George Dickie (1851)
"THE great black-backed gull* Larus marinus, Linn. Is found around the coast
throughout the year. A FEW only of this species appears to breed upon the coast ..."
3. Coloured Illustrations of British Birds, and Their Eggs by Henry Leonard Meyer (1857)
"The entire length of the great black-backed gull is about thirty inches. The wing,
from the carpus to the tip, twenty inches ; the beak three inches and a ..."
4. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Chambers, W. and R., publ (1876)
"Some of the British species of gull are also common in North America, as the
Herring Gull, the great black-backed gull, and the Kittiwake; but the COMMON ..."
5. Chambers' Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1874)
"Some of the British species of gull are also common in North America, as the
Herring Gull, the great black-backed gull, and the Kittiwake; ..."
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