laughing gull

English

Laughing gull (sense 2) in flight

Noun

laughing gull (plural laughing gulls)

1. A common European gull (Xema ridibundus).
2. An American gull (Leucophaeus atricilla); in summer the head is nearly black, the back slate color, and the five outer primaries black.

Synonyms

• (European gull): black cap, pewit, red-legged gull, sea crow

Translations

European gull

• Finnish: naurulokki (fi)
• German: Lachmöwe (de) f
• Swedish: skrattmås (sv) c

American gull

• Dutch: lachmeeuw (nl)
• Finnish: nokisiipilokki (fi)
• German: Aztekenmöwe f
• Navajo: tónteel tsídii yidlohí
• Russian: ацте́кская ча́йка f (actékskaja čájka), сме́ющаяся ча́йка f (sméjuščajasja čájka)
• Swedish: sotvingad mås (sv) c

References

• “laughing”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.