laughing gull

laughing gull
noun
small black-headed European gull
Syn: ↑blackcap, ↑pewit, ↑pewit gull, ↑Larus ridibundus
Hypernyms: ↑gull, ↑seagull, ↑sea gull
Member Holonyms: ↑Larus, ↑genus Larus

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noun
1. : a black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus)
2. : an American gull (Larus atricilla)

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a North American gull, Larus atricilla, having a high, laughlike call.
[1780-90, Amer.]

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laughing gull,
a small gull of temperate and tropical America that has a cry like laughing: »

Identify the laughing gull by his coal-black head that looks as if he had dunked it in a big inkwell, his gray back, dark wingtips and squared white tail feathers (New York Times).


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  • laughing gull — noun a) A common European gull (Xema ridibundus). b) An American gull (Larus atricilla); in summer the head is nearly black, the back slate color, and the five outer primaries black. Syn: black cap, pewit, red legged gull, sea crow …   Wiktionary

  • laughing gull — a North American gull, Larus atricilla, having a high, laughlike call. [1780 90, Amer.] * * *       common name for the bird species Larus atricilla. See gull. * * * …   Universalium

  • laughing gull — laugh′ing gull′ n. orn a small, black headed gull of New World coastlines, Larus atricilla, having a laughlike cry • Etymology: 1780–90, amer …   From formal English to slang

  • laughing gull — noun Date: 1789 an American gull (Larus atricilla) having a black head in breeding plumage and black wing tips blending into the gray upper side of the wings …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Laughing — Laugh ing, a. & n. from {Laugh}, v. i. [1913 Webster] {Laughing falcon} (Zo[ o]l.), a South American hawk ({Herpetotheres cachinnans}); so called from its notes, which resemble a shrill laugh. {Laughing gas} (Chem.), hyponitrous oxide, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Laughing falcon — Laughing Laugh ing, a. & n. from {Laugh}, v. i. [1913 Webster] {Laughing falcon} (Zo[ o]l.), a South American hawk ({Herpetotheres cachinnans}); so called from its notes, which resemble a shrill laugh. {Laughing gas} (Chem.), hyponitrous oxide,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Laughing gas — Laughing Laugh ing, a. & n. from {Laugh}, v. i. [1913 Webster] {Laughing falcon} (Zo[ o]l.), a South American hawk ({Herpetotheres cachinnans}); so called from its notes, which resemble a shrill laugh. {Laughing gas} (Chem.), hyponitrous oxide,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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