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laugh·ing gull
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laughing gull, blackcap, pewit, pewit gull, Larus ridibundusnoun
small black-headed European gull
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laughing gullnoun
A common European gull (Xema ridibundus).
laughing gullnoun
An American gull (Larus atricilla); in summer the head is nearly black, the back slate color, and the five outer primaries black.
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Laughing Gull
The Laughing Gull is a medium-sized gull of North and South America. It breeds on the Atlantic coast of North America, the Caribbean, and northern South America. Northernmost populations migrate further south in winter, and this species occurs as a rare vagrant to western Europe. The Laughing Gull's English name is derived from its raucous kee-agh call, which sounds like a high-pitched laugh "ha... ha... ha...". This species is easy to identify. It is 36–41 cm long with a 98–110 cm wingspan. The summer adult's body is white apart from the dark grey back and wings and black head. Its wings are much darker grey than all other gulls of similar size except the smaller Franklin's Gull, and they have black tips without the white crescent shown by Franklin's. The beak is long and red. The black hood is mostly lost in winter. Laughing Gulls take three years to reach adult plumage. Immature birds are always darker than most similar-sized gulls other than Franklin's. First-year birds are greyer below and have paler heads than first-year Franklin's, and second-years can be distinguished by the wing pattern and structure.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of laughing gull in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of laughing gull in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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