sea gull

Other forms: sea gulls

Definitions of sea gull

1. noun

   mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs
   synonyms: gull, seagull

   types:

   Larus canus, mew, mew gull, sea mew

   the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America

   Larus marinus, black-backed gull, cob, great black-backed gull

   white gull having a black back and wings

   Larus argentatus, herring gull

   large gull of the northern hemisphere

   Larus ridibundus, blackcap, laughing gull, pewit, pewit gull

   small black-headed European gull

   Pagophila eburnea, ivory gull

   white Arctic gull; migrates as far south as England and New Brunswick

   kittiwake

   small pearl-grey gull of northern regions; nests on cliffs and has a rudimentary hind toe

   type of:

   larid

   long-winged web-footed aquatic bird of the gull family