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seagull

or sea gull

[ see-guhl ]

noun

  1. a gull, especially any of the marine species.


seagull

/ ˈsiːˌɡʌl /

noun

  1. See gull
    a popular name for gull 1
  2. a casual wharf labourer who is not a trade-union member


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Word History and Origins

Origin of seagull1

First recorded in 1535–45; sea + gull 1

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Example Sentences

The hope was that any small pieces left over would disappear via seagull and other scavengers, Linnman explained.

Then, the hypnotherapist will conjure that imagery—focusing, for example, on the salt spray of the ocean, seagulls calling overhead, and sun-kissed skin—to help the person go deeper into the calming visualization.

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The noise of the water was pierced by seagulls and the occasional car as I walked along the dam.

I still would never put another morsel of seagull anywhere near my mouth again.

When he first started, he tried to sell plates of seagull as ‘set-ups’, but no one would touch it.

She recalled the line in The Seagull that resonated deeply with her.

It doesn't matter if tastes like a dead seagull spewing maggots, it will cost more.

His stage credits include Richard II, Hamlet, King Lear, Hedda Gabler, Crime and Punishment, The Seagull, and Terre Haute.

Lower and lower the circling Seagull dropped, then landed gracefully and easily.

Nearly a dozen shots were fired without a single seagull being hit.

Ah, a Macphail always feels like a seagull with a broken wing in the South.

Its situation is quite solitary, and, save for the cry of the seagull, there reigns about it an unbroken silence.

Away went the ships, with their white canvas spread like the wings of a seagull.

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