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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)
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