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herring gulls

herring gulls is the plural of herring gull.

Meaning of herring gull

Noun

herring gull (plural herring gulls)

  1. Any of a group of large seagulls in the Larus genus.
    • Flocks of herring gulls are often seen near piers and wharves where they perform a valuable service by feeding on garbage and refuse.1911, Anna Botsford Comstock, Handbook of Nature Study, 24th edition, published 1939, page 106
    1. Specifically the European herring gull (Larus argentatus).
      • He lit his first cigarette, a Balkan and Turkish mixture made for him by Morlands of Grosvenor Street, and watched the small Waves lick the long seashore and the fishing-fleet from Dieppe string out towards the June heat-haze followed by a paper-chase of herring-gulls.1953, Ian Fleming, “L’Ennemi Écoute”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 28

Questions about herring gulls

What is herring gulls the plural of?
Herring gulls is the plural of herring gull.

Words near herring gulls in the dictionary

  1. herring
  2. Herring bodies
  3. Herring body
  4. herring cale
  5. herring gull
  6. herring gulls
  7. herring pond
  8. herring under a fur coat
  9. herring worm
  10. herring worms
  11. herring-bone

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