英语词汇“robber gull”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

robber gull n. [after German Raubmöwe (1826 or earlier), named in allusion to its habits of attacking other seabirds of for their catches of and robbing their nests of eggs and young] a skua or jaeger.

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1851 H. Medlock tr. F. Schoedler Bk. Nature II. 505 The sea-swallow.., the glaucous gull.., the herring-gull.., the mew-gull.., and the robber-gull (Lestris), are the principal birds of this sub-order.

1946 J. W. Day Harvest Adventure vi. 86 The big robber gull dropped like a sack of wheat, without a kick, at seventy yards.

2007 Cornwall (Ont.) Standard Freeholder (Nexis) 1 Dec. 24 Two larger types of gulls are the ‘jaeger’ and the ‘skua’ which are both also known as ‘robber gulls’ for their harassing smaller birds in flight into dropping food.

单词	robber gull
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