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Definition of Larus ridibundus
1. Noun. Small black-headed European gull.
Generic synonyms: Gull, Sea Gull, Seagull
Group relationships: Genus Larus, Larus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Larus Ridibundus
Literary usage of Larus ridibundus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. List of the Specimens of the British Animals in the Collection of the by George Robert Gray, James Francis Stephens, Adam White, Frederick Smith, Henry Denny, Henry Tibbats Stainton, Edwin Shepherd (1848)
"(1840) xp 264 ; GR Gray, Gen. of B. iii. p. 654. larus ridibundus minor ...
563; Brehm, Vög. Deuts. p. B. Vert. An. p. 272. larus ridibundus, pt., Keys. ..."
2. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory by William Macgillivray (1852)
"larus ridibundus. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 225. Adult in summer. ... larus ridibundus.
larus ridibundus. Black-headed Gull. ..."
3. The Tiber and Its Tributaries by Strother Ancrum Smith (1877)
"The late Bishop of Norwich (Stanley) in his " History of Birds," informs us that
the larus ridibundus, or red-legged gull, as it is called, annually takes ..."
4. Ornithological Dictionary of British Birds by George Montagu, James Rennie (1831)
"larus ridibundus, Ind. Orn. ii. p. 812.) In this there is no material difference
from the last, except that the legs have attained their perfect colour, ..."
5. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London by Linnean Society of London (1804)
"597- larus ridibundus Ind. Orn. ii. p. 812. var. & and in the Orn. Diction, is
given under the title of Gull-red-legged with a reference to ..."
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