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Definition of Mew gull
1. Noun. The common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America.
Generic synonyms: Gull, Sea Gull, Seagull
Group relationships: Genus Larus, Larus
Derivative terms: Mew, Mew
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mew Gull
Literary usage of Mew gull
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Ornithology; Or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States. by Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, William Jardine (1832)
"Ring-billed mew gull, a new species, described in Northern ... Short-billed mew
gull. Another species described aa new in the Northern Zoology. ..."
2. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"The Short-billed or American mew gull is seventeen inches in length, has a short,
stout bill and is otherwise similar to the preced- _^\ ..."
3. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey (1921)
"mew gull. Adults. — Similar in general appearance to brachyrhynchus ... The mew
gull was formerly supposed to be confined almost entirely to Europe and Asia ..."
4. The Bird Book: Illustrating in Natural Colors More Than Seven Hundred North by Chester Albert Reed (1914)
"The Short-billed or American mew gull is seventeen inches in length, ... mew gull.
Larus canus. This is the European variety of the above species, ..."
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