Definition of Larus ridibundus

1. Noun. Small black-headed European gull.

Exact synonyms: Blackcap, Laughing Gull, Pewit, Pewit Gull
Generic synonyms: Gull, Sea Gull, Seagull
Group relationships: Genus Larus, Larus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Larus Ridibundus

Larousse
Laroyenne's operation
Larrea
Larrea tridentata
Larrey's amputation
Larrey's cleft
Larrey-Weil disease
Larry
Lars
Lars Onsager
Larus
Larus argentatus
Larus canus
Larus marinus
Larus ridibundus
Larvacea
Las Cruces
Las Vegas
Las Vegas algorithm
Lasa
Lascar
Lascaux
Lasegue
Lasegue's disease
Lasegue's sign
Lasegue's syndrome
Laserdisc
Laserdiscs
Lash's operation

Literary usage of Larus ridibundus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. List of the Specimens of the British Animals in the Collection of the by George Robert Gray, James Francis Stephens, Adam White, Frederick Smith, Henry Denny, Henry Tibbats Stainton, Edwin Shepherd (1848)
"(1840) xp 264 ; GR Gray, Gen. of B. iii. p. 654. larus ridibundus minor ... 563; Brehm, Vög. Deuts. p. B. Vert. An. p. 272. larus ridibundus, pt., Keys. ..."

2. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory by William Macgillivray (1852)
"larus ridibundus. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 225. Adult in summer. ... larus ridibundus. larus ridibundus. Black-headed Gull. ..."

3. The Tiber and Its Tributaries by Strother Ancrum Smith (1877)
"The late Bishop of Norwich (Stanley) in his " History of Birds," informs us that the larus ridibundus, or red-legged gull, as it is called, annually takes ..."

4. Ornithological Dictionary of British Birds by George Montagu, James Rennie (1831)
"larus ridibundus, Ind. Orn. ii. p. 812.) In this there is no material difference from the last, except that the legs have attained their perfect colour, ..."

5. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London by Linnean Society of London (1804)
"597- larus ridibundus Ind. Orn. ii. p. 812. var. & and in the Orn. Diction, is given under the title of Gull-red-legged with a reference to ..."

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