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Sea gull

Any gull living on the seacoast.

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Blackcap 76% connected

A small European song bird (Sylvia atricapilla), with a black crown; the mock nightingale.

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Cob 76% connected

The top or head of anything.

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Kittiwake 76% connected

A northern gull (Rissa tridactyla), inhabiting the coasts of Europe and America. It is white, with black tips to the wings, and has but three toes.

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Mew 76% connected

A gull, esp. the common British species (Larus canus); called also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb.

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Pewit 76% connected

The lapwing.

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Sea mew 76% connected

A gull; the mew.

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Gull 92% connected

To deceive; to cheat; to mislead; to trick; to defraud.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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