| 单词 | minister gull |
| 释义 | > as lemmasminister gull b. U.S. regional (New England) and Canadian. More fully minister gull. The great black-backed gull, Larus marinus. Also: the glaucous gull, L. hyperboreus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Laridae (gulls and terns) > [noun] > member of genus Larus (gull) > larus marinus (blackback) swartbacka1525 gull-mawc1550 cob1574 blackback1676 wagel1676 saddleback1770 blackback gull1783 swabie1821 parson gull1849 minister1925 1925 E. H. Forbush Birds of Mass. I. 69 Great Black-backed Gull..Minister. 1956 Bull. Mass. Audubon Soc. 40 22 Glaucous Gull..Minister. 1959 W. L. McAtee Folk-names Canad. Birds (ed. 2) 35 Glaucous Gull..Minister gull (the ‘black minister’, or great black-backed gull, is so named from its black mantle and white vest). 1965 E. Richardson Living Island 129 They [sc. great black-backed gulls] were locally known as ‘minister’ gulls, and I was soberly assured they were to be seen only on Sundays! < as lemmas |
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