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black-backed gull
[ blak-bakt ]
noun
- any of several white gulls, as Larus marinus great black-backed gull, having a black back and wings.
black-backed gull
noun
- either of two common black-and-white European coastal gulls, Larus fuscus ( lesser black-backed gull ) and L. marinus ( great black-backed gull )
- Also calledkaroro a southern gull, larus dominicanus , with black feathers on its back
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Word History and Origins
Origin of black-backed gull1
First recorded in 1770–80
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Example Sentences
It seemed to me, forsooth, that a great black-backed gull or fierce skua would give me a fine flight or two.
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They went on while the sand got softer, but they saw nothing except a few small wading birds and a black-backed gull.
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This bird, though called "lesser," is larger than any of the other gulls, except the herring gull and the great black-backed gull.
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This species is one of the largest and most powerful of the gull family, only surpassed by the Great Black-backed Gull.
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A personal acquaintance of the Doctor was a black-backed gull which had been in captivity for thirty-two years.
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