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California gull

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noun

  1. a large gull, Larus californicus, of the western U.S.

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Official state bird: California gull At first I was mad: “You named your official state bird after a bird named for a different state?”

From Slate • May 17, 2013

The annual reproductive cycle of the California gull.

From Vertebrates from the Barrier Island of Tamaulipas, M?xico by Johnston, Richard F.

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