seagull
or sea gull
a gull, especially any of the marine species.
Origin of seagull
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How to use seagull in a sentence
After 50 years, members of the Huna Tlingit people can finally collect harvest sea gull eggs again in Glacier National Park.
Nazis, Sunscreen, and Sea Gull Eggs: Congress in 2014 Was Hella Productive | Ben Jacobs | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThen the crone smote her lean hands one within the other, and laughed like a sea-gull.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI | Robert Louis StevensonThe proa had entered the quiet waters within, and was coming to rest as gracefully as a sea gull stops in its flight.
Adrift on the Pacific | Edward S. EllisForbes thought of the bird of paradise and the sea-gull again, and he doubted the value of his cage again.
What Will People Say? | Rupert HughesUnlike our European boats, they do not cut the waves, but glide over them like a sea-gull.
From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan | Helena Pretrovna Blavatsky
Oh, for the wings of a sea-gull, not to fly away and be at rest at all, but to take me straight to the dining-room.
Dodo's Daughter | E. F. Benson
British Dictionary definitions for seagull
/ (ˈsiːˌɡʌl) /
a popular name for gull 1
NZ a casual wharf labourer who is not a trade-union member
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