A gull; (later esp.) the common gull, Larus canus, or the herring gull, L. argentatus. Cf. maw, n.3, seamew, n. Now Scottish.

? A seagull.

= seamew, n.

The common gull, Larus canus.

A gull.

A gull, esp. the common gull, Larus canus.

A seagull.

A seagull.

= gull, n.1

A name given to species of Gull, esp. the Greater Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus), and Common Gull (L. canus); also called sea-cob(b.

A gull, perhaps the common gull, Larus canus.

A name given (locally) to various birds, as the rock-dove, Columba livia, the black guillemot, Uria grylle, the grey kittiwake, Larus canus.

A name applied locally to various sea-birds: in the Shetland Islands, to the Arctic Tern; elsewhere to the Kittiwake, to the young of the Common…

= seamew, n.

a seagull.

A seagull.

(a) a bird that feeds mainly on seeds (now rare); †(b) British regional a bird that forages in newly ploughed land in the spring, esp. a wagtail (obs…