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Definition of Herring gull
1. Noun. Large gull of the northern hemisphere.
Generic synonyms: Gull, Sea Gull, Seagull
Group relationships: Genus Larus, Larus
Definition of Herring gull
1. Noun. A common, large seagull, ''Larus argentatus'', having a white and gray body and a yellow bill with a red spot. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Herring Gull
Literary usage of Herring gull
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"Similar to the herring gull, but with the mantle darker, but not so dark as in
... The nesting habits and eggs nre the same as those of the herring gull, ..."
2. Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America: With Introductory Chapters on by Frank Michler Chapman (1912)
"First primaries of adult Gulls, seen from below: (a) herring gull; (b) Rine<
billed Gull; (c) Laughing Gull; (d) Franklin's Gull; (<0 Bonaparte's Gull. 39. ..."
3. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"... THE herring gull (LARUS ARGENTATUS) AND OTHER SPECIES. BY JONATHAN DWIGHT, MD
Plates X-XIV IT is nearly a score of years since I placed on record (Auk, ..."
4. Birds that Hunt and are Hunted: Life Histories of One Hundred and Seventy by Neltje Blanchan (1904)
"But it is high in air, sailing on motionless wings in the wake of an ocean steamer,
that one mentally pictures the herring gull. Apparently the loose flock, ..."
5. Bird-life: A Guide to the Study of Our Common Birds by Frank Michler Chapman, Ernest Thompson Seton (1897)
"herring gull. Length, 24-00 inches. Adult, back and wings pearl-gray ; end of
primaries marked with black ; rest of plumage white. ..."
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