"herring gull" meaning in English

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Noun

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.
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  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: 35 65 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'European herring gull': 1 99
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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