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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A common gull (Larus argentatus) of the Northern Hemisphere having gray and white plumage with black wingtips.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of several gulls of large size, having the mantle pearl-blue, the primaries crossed with black and tipped with white, the bill yellow with a red spot on the gonys, and the feet yellow or flesh-colored.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A common, large
seagull ,Larus argentatus , having a white and gray body and a yellowbill with a red spot.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun large gull of the northern hemisphere
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