black-backed gull
any of several white gulls, as Larus marinus(great black-backed gull ), having a black back and wings.
Origin of black-backed gull
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How to use black-backed gull in a sentence
It seemed to me, forsooth, that a great black-backed gull or fierce skua would give me a fine flight or two.
Wulfric the Weapon Thane | Charles W. WhistlerThis bird, though called "lesser," is larger than any of the other gulls, except the herring gull and the great black-backed gull.
Gairloch In North-West Ross-Shire | John H. Dixon, F.S.A. ScotThis species is one of the largest and most powerful of the gull family, only surpassed by the Great black-backed gull.
Bird Guide | Chester A. ReedSome of the gulls, like the great black-backed gull (Larus marinus), attain a length of two and one-half feet.
Elementary Zoology, Second Edition | Vernon L. Kellogg
British Dictionary definitions for black-backed gull
either of two common black-and-white European coastal gulls, Larus fuscus (lesser black-backed gull) and L. marinus (great black-backed gull)
Also called: karoro a southern gull, larus dominicanus, with black feathers on its back
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