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herring gull en · NOUN

Meanings

1. Any of a group of large seagulls in the Larus genus.
   • Flocks of herring gulls are often seen near piers and wharves where they perform a valuable service by feeding on garbage and refuse. 1911, Anna Botsford Comstock, Handbook of Nature Study, 24th edition, published 1939, page 106:
2. Any of a group of large seagulls in the Larus genus. ▸ Specifically the European herring gull (Larus argentatus).
   • He lit his first cigarette, a Balkan and Turkish mixture made for him by Morlands of Grosvenor Street, and watched the small Waves lick the long seashore and the fishing-fleet from Dieppe string out towards the June heat-haze followed by a paper-chase of herring-gulls. 1953, Ian Fleming, “L’Ennemi Écoute”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 28:

Forms

Deriveds

American herring gull · East Siberian herring gull

Synonyms

shitehawk (European herring gull)

Translations (10)

cy gwylan ysgadan (large seagull) · fr goéland (large seagull) · aht tsʼituʼ nalbaey (large seagull) · tfn tlʼiqʼa beja (large seagull) · de Silbermöwe (large seagull) · bg гларус (large seagull) · el ασημόγλαρος (large seagull) · taa tth'itu' badza' (large seagull) · pl mewa srebrzysta (large seagull) · tfn łiqʼa vaja (large seagull)