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LAUGHING GULL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does laughing gull mean? 

LAUGHING GULL (noun)
  The noun LAUGHING GULL has 1 sense:

1. small black-headed European gullplay

  Familiarity information: LAUGHING GULL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LAUGHING GULL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small black-headed European gull

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

blackcap; Larus ridibundus; laughing gull; pewit; pewit gull

Hypernyms ("laughing gull" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("laughing gull" is a member of...):

genus Larus; Larus (type genus of the Laridae)


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