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Meanings of black-backed gull in English

Catalan
gavinot

White gull having a black back and wings.

gavinot
Synonyms
Examples for "cob"
Examples for "cob"
1
Then cut the corn from the cob as directed in Lesson IV.
School and Home Cooking
2
I'll put the cob fixings in to secure it,' she said briskly.
The millionaire's rebellious mistress
3
In the mouth of the slouch-hatted, unshaven driver was a corn-cob pipe.
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
4
The boy put his hand upon the reins and stopped the cob.
Kenelm Chillingly — Volume 02
5
Hatch removed the corn-cob pipe from between his lips and laconically observed:
Quill's Window
1
The photograph of the great black-backed gull replaced an earlier image.
The Guardian
2
And all the time the great black-backed gull continued to yell, "How-how-how-how!"
The Way of the Wild
3
Facebook Twitter Pinterest A great black-backed gull in flight.
The Guardian
4
The great black-backed gull said no more, but wheeled on as if nothing had happened.
The Way of the Wild
5
A derelict fish-trunk floated close to us, with a great black-backed gull perched on it.
London River
Usage of black-backed gull in English
1
The photograph of the great black-backed gull replaced an earlier image.
The Guardian
2
I kind of presumed it must have been a black-backed gull.
Radio NZ
3
And all the time the great black-backed gull continued to yell, "How-how-how-how!"
The Way of the Wild
4
Facebook Twitter Pinterest A great black-backed gull in flight.
The Guardian
5
The great black-backed gull said no more, but wheeled on as if nothing had happened.
The Way of the Wild
6
A derelict fish-trunk floated close to us, with a great black-backed gull perched on it.
London River
7
It was the same for the lesser black-backed gull.
The Guardian
8
He had given me a monstrous black-backed gull which tyrannized all my pets and the family.
The corfu trilogy
9
We chase the black-backed gull with Hugh Robertson.
Radio NZ
10
It seemed to me, forsooth, that a great black-backed gull or fierce skua would give me a fine flight or two.
Wulfric the Weapon Thane: A Story of the Danish Conquest of East...
11
In the stern, tethered to the seat by one yellow leg, sat an immense black-backed gull, who contemplated me with sneering yellow eyes.
The corfu trilogy
12
Recently I watched a black-backed gull pull a dead fish out of the water and on to the bank of the Dodder at Sandymount.
The Irish Times
13
Professor Ansted includes the Lesser Black-backed Gull in his list, but only marks it as occurring in Guernsey.
Birds of Guernsey (1879) / And the Neighbouring Islands: Alderne...
14
Professor Ansted includes the Great Black-backed Gull in his list, and marks it as only occurring in Guernsey and Sark.
Birds of Guernsey (1879) / And the Neighbouring Islands: Alderne...
Translations for black-backed gull
Catalan
gavinot