单词 | herring-gull |
释义 | > as lemmasherring-gull herring-gull n. a species of gull, Larus argentatus, which follows herring-shoals and preys upon them. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Laridae (gulls and terns) > [noun] > member of genus Larus (gull) > larus argentatus (herring-gull) silvery gull1785 herring-gull1857 1857 Chambers's Information for People (new ed.) I. 709/1 Arctic gulls, whose plumage differs from that of the herring-gull. 1892 Daily News 13 Dec. 4/8 The herring-gull—the pirate of the sea. < as lemmas |
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