laughing gull
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of laughing gull
An Americanism dating back to 1780–90
Example Sentences
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During the clean-up efforts, crews recovered three dead, oiled birds from around Swan Lake: two brown pelicans and a laughing gull.
From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2024
Potential bird sightings include gadwalls and buffleheads, dazzling ducks like the common goldeneye and the red-breasted merganser and tons of gulls, including the laughing gull and the ring-billed gull.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
Outside the Climate Museum in Nolan Park — an elm-dotted lawn encircled by 19th-century houses — the Butoh-trained Hastings channels the laughing gull, a local seagull with a cackling call.
From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2021
Far away was heard the lonely cry of a laughing gull.
From Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 by Various
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