GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does great black-backed gull mean? 

• GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL (noun)
  The noun GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL has 1 sense:

1. white gull having a black back and wings

  Familiarity information: GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

White gull having a black back and wings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

black-backed gull; cob; great black-backed gull; Larus marinus

Hypernyms ("great black-backed gull" is a kind of...):

gull; sea gull; seagull (mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs)

Holonyms ("great black-backed gull" is a member of...):

genus Larus; Larus (type genus of the Laridae)