单词 | laughing gull |
释义 | > as lemmaslaughing gull laughing gull n. [in sense (b) after scientific Latin Larus ridibundus (Linnaeus 1766); compare German Lachmöwe (1783 or earlier; 1774 or earlier as Lachmöve), French mouette rieuse (1764)] (a) a medium-sized gull, Larus atricilla, with a grey back and (in the breeding season) a black head, found from eastern Canada to northern South America; †(b) the black-headed gull, Larus ridibundus (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Laridae (gulls and terns) > [noun] > member of genus Larus (gull) > larus atricilla (laughing gull) mire crow1678 laughing gull1731 lapwing-gull1844 1731 M. Catesby Nat. Hist. Carolina I. 89/1 Larus Major. The Laughing Gull... These birds are numerous in most of the Bahama Islands. The noise they make has some resemblance to laughing. 1839 Penny Cycl. XIII. 335/1 Xema ridibundus... This bird is the..Laughing Gull, Pewit or Blackcap, Sea Crow and Mire Crow of the Modern British. 1884 Bull. U.S. National Museum No. 27. 169 Laughing Gull... Atlantic coast, from Maine (casually) to mouth of the Amazon. 1968 Times 10 Oct. 8/8 The laughing gull could be a useful animal for studying colour perception. 2002 Delaware Beach Life Aug. 19/1 Laughing gulls start leaving the area in late summer, heading south to warmer climes. < as lemmas |
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