"herring gull" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: herring gulls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} herring gull (plural herring gulls)
  1. Any of a group of large seagulls in the Larus genus.
    Sense id: en-herring_gull-en-noun-k35MVd3o
  2. Any of a group of large seagulls in the Larus genus.
    Specifically the European herring gull (Larus argentatus).
    Categories (lifeform): Gulls Synonyms (European herring gull): shitehawk [UK, informal] Derived forms: American herring gull (alt: Larus smithsonianus or Larus argentatus smithsonianus), East Siberian herring gull (taxonomic: Larus vegae)
    Sense id: en-herring_gull-en-noun-X7IdF91w Disambiguation of Gulls: 16 84 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 74 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 26 74 Disambiguation of 'European herring gull': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (large seagull): гларус (glarus) [masculine] (Bulgarian), goéland [masculine] (French), Silbermöwe [feminine] (German), mewa srebrzysta [feminine] (Polish), gwylan ysgadan [feminine] (Welsh)
Disambiguation of 'large seagull': 50 50

Inflected forms

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