English > sea gull: 1 sense > noun 1, animalMeaning | Mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs. |
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Synonyms | gull, seagull |
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Narrower | black-backed gull, great black-backed gull, cob, Larus marinus | white gull having a black back and wings |
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herring gull, Larus argentatus | large gull of the northern hemisphere |
ivory gull, Pagophila eburnea | white Arctic gull |
kittiwake | small pearl-grey gull of northern regions |
laughing gull, blackcap, pewit, pewit gull, Larus ridibundus | small black-headed European gull |
mew, mew gull, sea mew, Larus canus | The common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America |
Broader | larid | long-winged web-footed aquatic bird of the gull family |
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Spanish | gavia, gaviota |
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Catalan | gavià, gavina |
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