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Meanings of seagull in English

Portuguese
gaivota
Catalan
gavina
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Mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs.

gaivota
Usage of seagull in English
1
It's quite exciting when you get to use the seagull-related injury code.
The Guardian
2
Nothing comes between a seagull and its love of our summer game.
Radio NZ
3
Mr. Miller surely didn't think she would be offended by seagull do.
Ladder of years: a novel
4
She's a seagull, and that means I'm a kind of seagull too.
The golden compass
5
The boat flew like a seagull, the sun bright upon her sail.
Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida / Selected from the Works of Ou...
6
A dancing seagull has been seen on the greens of Trinity College.
The Irish Times
7
Nearly a dozen shots were fired without a single seagull being hit.
Fred Fearnot's New Ranch / and How He and Terry Managed It
8
He tried to look away from the seagull again and he couldn't.
The talisman
9
A seagull floats out of the treetops and veers toward the ocean.
The new yorker
10
A seagull screeched over Dryden's head, snapping him back to the present.
The coldest blood
11
A seagull, ghostly white, fluttered against the window, confused by the reflection.
The coldest blood
12
Not a seagull- IknewI couldn't shoot a gull-buta rat .
IT
13
Good night Cape Town, South Africa, and the seagull I met.
The South African
14
His eyes were following the flight of a seagull, wheeling in the sunlight.
Nobody's Man
15
I wanted so much to be the seagull in your hands.
Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard
16
However, a seagull, a swan and an owl were also rescued.
BBC
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Portuguese
gaivota
Seagull through the time
Seagull across language varieties
United States of America
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United Kingdom
Common