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单词 pickmaw
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pickmaw

/ˈpɪkmɔː/
Scottish and English regional (northern )
noun
The black-headed gull, Larus ridibundus. Formerly also: †a tern (genus Sterna) ( obsolete ).

Origin

Early 16th century; earliest use found in Richard Holland (d. c1483), ecclesiastic and poet. Probably from pick, variant of pitch + maw, so called on account of the bird's black head.

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