The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gull \Gull\, n. [Of Celtic origin; cf. Corn. gullan, W. gwylan.] (Zo["o]l.) One of many species of long-winged sea birds of the genus Larus and allied genera.
Note: Among the best known American species are the herring gull ( Larus argentatus), the great black-backed gull ( L. murinus) the laughing gull ( L. atricilla), and Bonaparte's gull ( L. Philadelphia). The common European gull is Larus canus.
Gull teaser (Zo["o]l.), the jager; -- also applied to certain species of terns.
Maa \Maa\, n. [See New a gull.] (Zo["o]l.) The common European gull ( Larus canus); -- called also mar. See New, a gull.
Usage examples of "larus canus".
From a scattered body of gulls, working slowly against the wind with angled wings, Stephen had picked out what was almost certainly Larus canus, usual enough in the Irish parts of his youth, some of which had been spent in the west, where they nested in quantities on the cliffs and the more lonely strands, but quite rare in these waters, and he was just about to say 'I believe I see a common gull' when Martin asked 'How would you render peripateia?