glaucous gull
a large white and pale-gray gull, Latus hyperboreus, of Arctic regions.
Origin of glaucous gull
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How to use glaucous gull in a sentence
At Barrier Lake (July 29, 1951) we observed three long-tailed jaegers, all chasing and harassing a glaucous gull.
Birds Found on the Arctic Slope of Northern Alaska | James W. BeeThe glaucous gull is sufficiently strong to be able to defend its eggs and young against the attack of the mountain fox.
The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II | A.E. NordenskieoldStill more common than the glaucous gull in the lands of the High North is kryckian, the kittiwake.
The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II | A.E. Nordenskieold
British Dictionary definitions for glaucous gull
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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