glaucous gull

noun

1. a large white and pale-gray gull, Latus hyperboreus, of Arctic regions.

glaucous gull

noun

1. a gull, Larus hyperboreus, of northern and arctic regions, with a white head and tail and pale grey back and wings

Word History and Origins

Origin of glaucous gull¹

First recorded in 1820–30

Example Sentences

Larus hyperboreus, the glaucous gull, is a large white and gray gull.

From Washington Times

The largest species of the group are the glaucous gull and greater black-backed gull, L. glaucus and L. marinus, of which the former is circumpolar, and the latter nearly so—not being hitherto found between Labrador and Japan.

From Project Gutenberg

A hundred years later Brunnich gave it the name of Glaucous Gull; but it is still called Burgomaster by the Dutch, and by Arctic voyagers generally.

From Project Gutenberg

The Glaucous Gull, a large, handsome, and powerful bird, resembles in many of its habits the species last described, but it has not been known to breed in even the most northerly of the British Isles.

From Project Gutenberg

Yesterday one of the men brought on board a trout weighing 2 lbs.; he saw a glaucous gull and a fox disputing for it; the former seems to have killed and brought it to land.

From Project Gutenberg