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.
- pre-Bötzinger complex
- prec.
- precalculable
- precalculate
- precalculated
- precalculation
- precalculus
- Precambrian
- pre-Canaanite
- precancel
- precancell
- precancellation
- precancelled
- precancer
- precancerous
- precant
- precantation
- precapillary
- pre-carcinogen
- pre-carcinogenic
- precardiac
- precarial
- precarious
- precariously
- precariousness