单词 | parson gull |
释义 | > as lemmasparson gull 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 1849 A. E. Knox Ornithol. Rambles Sussex 247 Parson Gull. So called from a supposed resemblance in the arrangement of its black and white plumage to the hood and surplice of a clergyman. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 208 Greater Black-backed Gull... Parson gull, or mew (Sussex; Galway). From the contrast of the black back with the snow white of the under plumage. < as lemmas |
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