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seagull

or sea gull

[ see-guhl ]

noun

  1. a gull, especially any of the marine species.


seagull

/ ˈːˌɡʌ /

noun

  1. a popular name for gull 1
  2. a casual wharf labourer who is not a trade-union member
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of seagull1

First recorded in 1535–45; sea + gull 1
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Outside, under the warm April sunshine, groups of joyous African pilgrims in flashy head wraps ate gelato by the Bernini fountain, seagulls circling overhead.

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“She really saved my life,” he said of Becker, whose name Bernthal has lovingly tattooed on his forearm, along with the emblem for the Moscow Art Theatre, a seagull in flight.

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A dog whose training regime included chasing Edinburgh's seagulls has claimed victory in this year's Corgi Derby.

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A University of Oxford building has been closed for almost a week after a seagull broke a glass roof by repeatedly dropping a stone on it.

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The artist had shoved large yellow insulation strips into a skip that now looked like a fast-food container that the seagull divebombed to steal chips.

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