ivory gull

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noun

a white, Arctic gull, Pagophila eburnea.

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Origin of ivory gull

First recorded in 1915–20

Words nearby ivory gull

ivories, ivory, ivory-billed woodpecker, ivory black, Ivory Coast, ivory gull, ivory nut, ivory palm, ivory tower, ivorytype, ivory-white

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How to use ivory gull in a sentence

There were a few also of the ivory gull, a beautiful bird of immaculate whiteness.
Peter the Whaler|W.H.G. Kingston
The ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea) is also present the entire summer.
The Popular Science Monthly, August, 1900|Various
It was an ivory gull (Larus eberneus), which went flying over the tent.
Farthest North|Fridtjof Nansen
The little auk is no longer to be seen or heard; the only birds are an ivory-gull now and then, and occasionally a fulmar.
Farthest North|Fridtjof Nansen

The kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) was much less numerous than the ivory gull.
The Popular Science Monthly, August, 1900|Various

British Dictionary definitions for ivory gull

ivory gull

noun

a white gull, Pagophila (or Larus) eburneus, mostly confined to arctic regions

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