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Definition of Pewit gull
1. Noun. Small black-headed European gull.
Generic synonyms: Gull, Sea Gull, Seagull
Group relationships: Genus Larus, Larus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pewit Gull
Literary usage of Pewit gull
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Coloured Illustrations of British Birds, and Their Eggs by Henry Leonard Meyer (1857)
"pewit gull. LARUS RIDIBUNDUS. THE pewit gull is one of the most numerous of the
gull species on the coast of Great Britain during the winter months, ..."
2. A History of British Birds by Thomas Bewick, Ralph Beilby, Henry Cotes (1816)
"In all other respects it resembled the Common pewit gull." " The fat was of a
deep orange colour." The above figure was taken from a stuffed specimen in the ..."
3. Illustrations of British Ornithology by Prideaux John Selby (1833)
"PROVINCIAL—Pewit-Gull, Blackcap Gull, Black-head, Pick-mire, Sea Crow, Mire Crow,
Crocker. Winter Plumage. THE changes that this Gull undergoes in attaining ..."
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