great black-backed gull

great black-backed gull

[blak-bakt] .
noun
See under black-backed gull.
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black-backed gull

[blak-bakt]
noun
any of several white gulls, as Larus marinus (great black-backed gull), having a black back and wings.

Origin:
1770–80
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great black-backed gull

noun
white gull having a black back and wings [syn: black-backed gull
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