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Definition of Laughing gull
1. Noun. Small black-headed European 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
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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