gull

Definition von gull im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: A cheating trick; a fraud; To trick and defraud; One easily cheated; a dupe; To deceive or cheat
An innocent lady, gull an Emperor.; A seabird of the genus Larus or of the family Laridae; To mislead; {n} one easily cheated, a cheat, imposter, knave; {v} to cheat, trick, defraud, impose upon; a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of; {f} cheat, deceive, fool; To deceive; to cheat; to mislead; to trick; to defraud; fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"; {i} type of sea bird with long wings and webbed feet; sucker, one who is easily deceived, gullible person; mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs; One of many species of long-winged sea birds of the genus Larus and allied genera; mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!; A cheating or cheat; trick; fraud; A gull is a common sea bird. Any of more than 40 species of heavily built, web-footed seabirds (family Laridae) that are most abundant as breeders in temperate to arctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Adults are mainly gray or white, with variable head markings. The bill is strong and slightly hooked, sometimes displaying a spot of colour. Species differ in bill and leg colours and in wing patterns. Wingspans range from 24 to 63 in. (0.6 to 1.6 m). Gulls feed on insects, mollusks, and crustaceans on beaches; worms and grubs in plowed fields; and fish and garbage from ships and along shores. Some large gulls prey on the eggs and young of other birds, including their own kind. See also herring gull; kittiwake; make a fool or dupe of
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Sabine's gull: A small gull, Xema sabini, breeding in the Arctic and migrating south in autumn
black-headed gull: A small gull (Chroicocephala ridibundus) which breeds in much of Europe and Asia, and also in coastal eastern Canada
common-gull: Attributive form of common gull, noun
glaucous gull: A large gull which breeds in the Arctic
great black-backed gull: A large European and American gull, Larus marinus
herring gull: A common, large seagull, Larus argentatus, having a white and gray body and a yellow bill with a red spot
land gull: the great black-backed gull
laughing gull: A common European gull (Xema ridibundus)
laughing gull: An American gull (Larus atricilla); in summer the head is nearly black, the back slate color, and the five outer primaries black
laughing-gull: Attributive form of laughing gull
a laughing-gull look about him.
little gull: A small migratory gull, Larus minutus, from Northern Europe and Asia
yellow-legged gull: (Kuşbilim) The Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis) is a large gull of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. It is sometimes considered to be part of the same species as the Caspian Gull and the combined species is then called Larus cachinnans
A gull: torrock
A gull: maw
Sir William Withey Gull: born Dec. 31, 1816, Colchester, Essex, Eng. died Jan. 29, 1890, London British physician. A famous and popular teacher, Gull was one of the first clinicians to describe pathological lesions in tabes dorsalis (1856), intermittent hemoglobin in the urine, atherosclerotic atrophy of the kidney, and Gull disease (a form of hypothyroidism). He believed in minimal use of drugs and defended vivisection and clinical investigation. He was the leading British physician of his time; his patients included Queen Victoria
black-backed gull: white gull having a black back and wings
gulled: past of gull
gulling: present participle of gull
gulls: third-person singular of gull
gulls: plural of , gull
herring gull: {i} large gull of North America Europe and Asia
herring gull: A common seagull (Larus argentatus) of the Northern Hemisphere having gray and white plumage with black wing tips. Most common of the Atlantic gulls in the Northern Hemisphere. The herring gull (Larus argentatus) has a gray mantle, flesh-coloured legs and feet, and black-and-white-spotted wing tips. Herring gulls are primarily scavengers; their populations are generally increasing because of expanding food supplies, chiefly garbage and sewage in or near coastal waters
herring gull: large gull of the northern hemisphere
ivory gull: white arctic gull; migrates as far south as England and New Brunswick
laughing gull: small black-headed European gull
laughing gull: {i} (Zoology) North American gull that has a small black head and a call that sounds like a laugh; small European gull
sea gull: Any gull living on the seacoast
sea gull: mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs