A gull with grey black-tipped wings, abundant and widespread in both Eurasia and North America.
银鸥
Larus argentatus, family Laridae
Example sentencesExamples
As soon as de Rosarieux's line hits the water, a mottled herring gull lands on the prow, inches away, waiting for the first fish.
J. A. Allen dispelled the notion that two species of Herring Gull exist, the American and the European herring gull.
Black-headed gull and herring gull belong to the same family and are obviously more closely related than the other two species pairs.
I remember climbing over shipwrecks, bending close to inspect a motionless herring gull, then the long hike away from him, headed north, up the endless beach.
London postmen refused to deliver mail to a usually quiet street following attacks by what one resident described as a ‘slightly psycho herring gull.’
Definition of herring gull in US English:
herring gull
nounˈhɛrɪŋ ˌɡəlˈheriNG ˌɡəl
A gull with gray black-tipped wings, abundant and widespread in both Eurasia and North America.
银鸥
Larus argentatus, family Laridae
Example sentencesExamples
Black-headed gull and herring gull belong to the same family and are obviously more closely related than the other two species pairs.
As soon as de Rosarieux's line hits the water, a mottled herring gull lands on the prow, inches away, waiting for the first fish.
J. A. Allen dispelled the notion that two species of Herring Gull exist, the American and the European herring gull.
I remember climbing over shipwrecks, bending close to inspect a motionless herring gull, then the long hike away from him, headed north, up the endless beach.
London postmen refused to deliver mail to a usually quiet street following attacks by what one resident described as a ‘slightly psycho herring gull.’