black-backed gull

black-backed gull

n 1. (Animals) either of two common black-and-white European coastal gulls, Larus fuscus (lesser black-backed gull) and L. marinus (great black-backed gull) 2. (Animals) Also called: karoro a southern gull, larus dominicanus, with black feathers on its back

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

black-backed gull - white gull having a black back and wingsgreat black-backed gull, Larus marinus, cobsea gull, seagull, gull - mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legsgenus Larus, Larus - type genus of the Laridae