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Definition of Laughing gull

Laughing gull
Laughing goose (Zo["o]l.), the European white-fronted goose. Laughing gull. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A common European gull (Xema ridibundus); -- called also pewit, black cap, red-legged gull, and sea crow. (b) An American gull (Larus atricilla). In summer the head is nearly black, the back slate color, and the five outer primaries black. Laughing hyena (Zo["o]l.), the spotted hyena. See Hyena. Laughing jackass (Zo["o]l.), the great brown kingfisher (Dacelo gigas), of Australia; -- called also giant kingfisher, and gogobera. Laughing owl (Zo["o]l.), a peculiar owl (Sceloglaux albifacies) of New Zealand, said to be on the verge of extinction. The name alludes to its notes.

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- The laughing gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) is a medium-sized gull of North and South America. Named for its laugh-like call, it is an opportunistic omnivore...
- to have referred to a gull or other large seabird, and cachinnans means 'laughing', from cachinnare 'to laugh'. It is a large gull at 56–68 cm (22–27 in)...
- herring gulls is most readily done by the more solidly dark (unbarred) tertial feathers. Their call is a "laughing" cry like that of the herring gull, but...
- gull, Heermann's gull, the various subspecies of herring gull, the laughing gull, the lesser black-backed gull, Sabine's gull, the short-billed gull,...
- kephale, "head". The specific name ridibundus is Latin for "laughing a lot". The black-headed gull displays a variety of compelling behaviours and adaptations...
- glaucous gull, and is usually smaller than the herring gull. It takes four years to reach maturity. The call is a "laughing" cry like the herring gull, but...
- back and wings are much darker grey than all other gulls of similar size except the larger laughing gull. The wings have black tips with an adjacent white...
- ring-billed gull (Larus delawarensis) is a medium-sized gull. The genus name is from Latin Larus which appears to have referred to a gull or other large...
- Gulls, or colloquially seagulls, are seabirds of the family Laridae in the suborder Lari. They are most closely related to the terns and skimmers and...
- The great black-backed gull (Larus marinus) is the largest member of the gull family. Described by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology as "the king of the Atlantic...