pirr maw
/ˈpəː mɔː/Scottish and Irish English (northern )
noun
1Chiefly Irish English ( northern ). A tern, especially the common tern, Sterna hirundo, and the roseate tern, S. dougallii.
2The black-headed gull, Larus ridibundus.
Origin
Mid 18th century. From pirr, imitative, after the hoarse cry of the birds + maw.
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