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mew gull
noun
the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America
• Syn: ↑mew, ↑sea mew, ↑Larus canus
• Derivationally related forms: ↑mew (for: ↑mew)
• Hypernyms: ↑gull, ↑seagull, ↑sea gull
• Member Holonyms: ↑Larus, ↑genus Larus

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noun
see mew I

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n. a migratory gull with greenish-gray legs, found locally in northern and eastern Eurasia and northwestern North America. ● Larus canus, family Laridae
Origin:
mid 19th cent.: mew (in Old English meau ‘mew gull’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch meeuw and German Möwe

Useful english dictionary. 2012.