| 单词 | mackerel gull |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmackerel gull mackerel gull n. (a) U.S. (chiefly New England), the black-headed gull, Larus ridibundus; (b) U.S. (chiefly New England), a tern; (c) the razorbill, Alca torda. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Laridae (gulls and terns) > [noun] > member of genus Sterna (tern) stern1609 sternet1638 sea-swallow1647 tern1678 rittock1774 mackerel gull1792 gull-teaser1802 kip1802 rippock1806 kingbird1831 pirr1875 1792 J. Belknap Hist. New-Hampsh. III. 169 Mackerel Gull, Larus ridibundus. 1832 W. D. Williamson Hist. Maine I. 145 The mackerel gull is nearly as large as a goose. 1883 Cent. Mag. Sept. 653/1 Among the most common birds are the..tern or mackerell-gull. 1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. II 529 Mackerel-gull, one of the numerous appellations of the Razor-bill. 1951 H. S. Peters & T. D. Burleigh Birds Newfoundland 246 This large tern [sc. the Caspian tern]..is known as the ‘Mackerel Gull’ at some points on the southeast coast. 1956 Bull. Mass. Audubon Soc. 40 22 Laughing Gull... Mackerel Gull (..from being seen at the time of the mackerel fishery). < as lemmas |
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