单词 | black-headed gull |
释义 | > as lemmasblack-headed gull black-headed gull n. a small gull, Larus ridibundus, which is widespread in Eurasia and common inland, having a dark brown head in the breeding season; also called laughing gull. ΚΠ 1760 A. D. Brisson Ornithologie VI. 212 L'Hirondelle-de-mer noire... Les Anglais, Scare-Crow... Small black Cloven-footed Sea-Swallow... Black headed Gull... Shear Water. 1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. at Gull—Red-legged This bird..is no other than the Black-headed Gull in its different stages of change before it arrives to maturity. 1931 Discovery Mar. 87/1 Black-headed gulls, the little red-legged, red-beaked sea birds so familiar to Londoners as winter visitors. 2007 R. Lovegrove Silent Fields ii. 27 The eggs of Lapwing, wild ducks, and Black-headed Gull have long been harvested traditionally in spring. < as lemmas |
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