gray gull

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• Gull — Taxobox name = Gulls image width = 250px image caption = Black headed Gull regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Charadriiformes subordo = Lari familia = Laridae familia authority = Vigors, 1825 subdivision ranks = Genera… …   Wikipedia

• gull — gull1 [gul] n. pl. gulls or gull [ME < Celt, as in Cornish gullan, Welsh gwylan, Bret gwelan] any of various shorebirds of a worldwide family (Laridae), with large wings, slender legs, webbed feet, a strong, hooked bill, and feathers of… …   English World dictionary

• gull — gull1 gull like, adj. /gul/, n. any of numerous long winged, web toed, aquatic birds of the family Laridae, having usually white plumage with a gray back and wings. [1400 50; late ME gulle, perh. < Welsh gwylan, Cornish guilan (cf. F goéland …   Universalium

• gull — I [[t]gʌl[/t]] n. orn any of various long winged aquatic birds of the family Laridae, of worldwide distribution, typically white with gray or black upper wings and back • Etymology: 1400–50; perh. < Welsh gŵylan, Cornish guilan (cf. F goéland… …   From formal English to slang

• gull — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, of Celtic origin; akin to Welsh gwylan gull Date: 15th century any of numerous long winged web footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae); especially a usually gray and white bird (especially …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• gull gray — noun : a purplish gray that is bluer, lighter, and slightly stronger than crane, bluer and lighter than granite, and bluer and slightly lighter than cinder gray …   Useful english dictionary

• glaucous gull — noun : a large boreal gull (Larus hyperboreus) that is pure white with a bluish mantle when adult called also burgomaster * * * a large white and pale gray gull, Latus hyperboreus, of Arctic regions. [1820 30] * * * glaucous gull, a large white… …   Useful english dictionary

• heermann's gull — ˈherˌmänz noun also heermann gull Usage: usually capitalized H Etymology: after A. L. Heermann died 1865 American naturalist : a white headed bluish gray gull (Larus heermanni) of the Pacific coast of No. America …   Useful english dictionary

• agate gray — noun : a nearly neutral slightly yellowish medium gray that is lighter than flint gray, gull (sense 2 a), or old silver …   Useful english dictionary

• glaucous gull — a large white and pale gray gull, Latus hyperboreus, of Arctic regions. [1820 30] * * * …   Universalium

• Heermann's Gull — Taxobox name = Heermann s Gull status = NT | status system = IUCN3.1 image width = 240px image caption = Heermann s Gull in breeding adult plumage image2 width = 240px image2 caption = In winter plumage regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis …   Wikipedia