mew gull
21gull — [15] Gull is a Celtic contribution to English. It was probably borrowed from Welsh gwylan, which together with Cornish guilan, Breton gwelan, and Old Irish foilenn, goes back to a prehistoric Old Celtic *voilenno . (The Old English word for… …
22gull — [15] Gull is a Celtic contribution to English. It was probably borrowed from Welsh gwylan, which together with Cornish guilan, Breton gwelan, and Old Irish foilenn, goes back to a prehistoric Old Celtic *voilenno . (The Old English word for… …
23mew — 1. v. & n. v.intr. (of a cat, gull, etc.) utter its characteristic cry. n. this sound, esp. of a cat. Etymology: ME: imit. 2. n. a gull, esp. the common gull, Larus canus. Etymology: OE maeligw f. Gmc 3. n. & v. n. a cage for hawks, esp. while… …
24mew — I. n. Gull, sea mew, cob, sea cob. II. v. a. 1. Confine, encase, coop, imprison, shut up, enclose. 2. Shed (feathers), moult, cast, change …
25gull — 1. noun /ˈɡʌl/ a) A seabird of the genus Larus or of the family Laridae. b) A cheating trick; a fraud. Syn: mew, seagull 2. verb /ˈɡʌl/ …
26mew — mjuË n. sound a cat makes; sea gull; cage for hawks; place of confinement or shelter v. make or imitate the sound of a cat; shed or cast off (feathers), change; shut up in or conceal …
27gull — I. v. a. Deceive, cheat, dupe, trick, chouse, cozen overreach, circumvent, beguile, impose upon. II. n. 1. Cheat, trick, deception, imposition, fraud. 2. Dupe, cat s paw. 3. Mew, cob, seamew, sea cob …
28Common Gull — For the butterfly, see Cepora nerissa. Common Gull Adult Mew Gull. Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge, Alaska. Conservation status …
29sea mew — noun the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America • Syn: ↑mew, ↑mew gull, ↑Larus canus • Derivationally related forms: ↑mew (for: ↑mew) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
30sea gull — noun mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs • Syn: ↑gull, ↑seagull • Hypernyms: ↑larid • Hyponyms: ↑mew, ↑mew gull, ↑sea mew, ↑ …
