glaucous gull

glaucous gull

noun
a large white and pale-gray gull, Latus hyperboreus, of Arctic regions.

Origin:
1820–30
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glaucous gull
 
n
a gull, Larus hyperboreus, of northern and arctic regions, with a white head and tail and pale grey back and wings

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