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"GULLS" is a plural of: gull. |
Date "GULLS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of gulls, is a prophecy of peaceful dealings with ungenerous persons. Seeing dead gulls, means wide separation for friends. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Food & Agriculture | An order of birds including the shorebirds, auks and gulls and related forms. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Family of numberous long-winged birds of the order charadriiformes. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The gulls are seabirds in the family Laridae and subfamily Lari. They are closely related to the terns, and more distantly to the waders, auks and skimmers.
Gulls
Immature Californian Gull
Larus californicusScientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Charadriiformes Family†: Laridae
Genera Pagophila
Larus
Rissa
Creagus
Xema
Rhodostethia† see also: Tern, Noddy Most gulls belong to the large genus Larus.
They are in general medium to large birds, typically with grey or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have longish stout bills and webbed feet.
Most gulls, particularly in Larus, are ground nesting omnivores, which will take live food or scavenge opportunistically.
Apart from the kittiwakes, gulls are typically coastal or inland species, rarely venturing far out to sea. The large species take up to four years to attain full adult plumage, but two years is typical for small gulls.
The taxonomy of the Herring Gull is particularly complicated.
The species are:
- Charadriiformes
- Suborder Charadrii: The waders.
- Suborder Lari
- Family: Laridae
- Dolphin Gull, Larus scoresbii
- Pacific Gull, Larus pacificus
- Belcher's Gull, Larus belcheri
- Olrog's Gull, Larus atlanticus
- Black-tailed Gull, Larus crassirostris
- Grey Gull, Larus modestus
- Heermann's Gull, Larus heermanni
- White-eyed Gull, Larus leucophthalmus
- Sooty Gull, Larus hemprichii
- Common Gull or Mew Gull, Larus canus
- Audouin's Gull, Larus audouinii
- Ring-billed Gull, Larus delawarensis
- California Gull, Larus californicus
- Great Black-backed Gull, Larus marinus
- Kelp Gull, Larus dominicanus
- Glaucous-winged Gull, Larus glaucescens
- Western Gull, Larus occidentalis
- Yellow-footed Gull, Larus livens
- Glaucous Gull, Larus hyperboreus
- Iceland Gull, Larus glaucoides
- Thayer's Gull, Larus thayeri
- Herring Gull, Larus argentatus
- American Herring Gull, Larus smithsonianus
- Yellow-legged Gull, Larus michahelis
- Caspian Gull, Larus cachinnans
- East Siberian Herring Gull, Larus vegae
- Armenian Gull, Larus armenicus
- Slaty-backed Gull, Larus schistisagus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull, Larus fuscus
- Great Black-headed Gull, Larus ichthyaetus
- Brown-headed Gull, Larus brunnicephalus
- Grey-headed Gull, Larus cirrocephalus
- Hartlaub's Gull, Larus hartlaubii
- Silver Gull, Larus novaehollandiae
- Red-billed Gull, Larus scopulinus
- Black-billed Gull, Larus bulleri
- Brown-hooded Gull, Larus maculipennis
- Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
- Slender-billed Gull Larus genei
- Bonaparte's Gull, Larus philadelphia
- Saunders' Gull, Larus saundersi
- Andean Gull, Larus serranus
- Mediterranean Gull, Larus melanocephalus
- Relict Gull, Larus relictus
- Lava Gull, Larus fuliginosus
- Laughing Gull, Larus atricilla
- Franklin's Gull, Larus pipixcan
- Little Gull, Larus minutus
- Kittiwake or Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
- Red-legged Kittiwake Rissa brevirostris
- Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea
- Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea
- Sabine's Gull, Xema sabini
- Swallow-tailed Gull, Creagrus furcatus
- Family Sternidae (terns)
- Family Stercorariidae (skuas)
- Family Rhynchopidae (skimmers)
- Suborder Alcae The auks.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Gull."
Synonym: GULLSSynonym: Seagulls. (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: waders (food & agriculture, biology & biotechnology). |
Crosswords: GULLS |
| English words defined with "GULLS": family Laridae, frigate bird ♦ Gaviae, Guller ♦ Jager ♦ Lari, Laridae, Longipennes ♦ man-of-war bird ♦ Schizognathous, sea bird, Sea crow, seabird, seafowl, suborder Lari. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "GULLS": auks ♦ shorebirds. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Sea Gulls Following Fishing Boats (1902) Feeding Sea Gulls (1898) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Pelicans and gulls relax on handy pilings. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Gulls on a pier at sunset. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Sea gulls waiting for a free lunch after ALBATROSS IV throws over fish scraps. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Sea gulls looking for scraps of food off stern of the ALBATROSS IV. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve. Gulls and terns wading in the shallows. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |  | Laughing gulls. Credit: USDA. |
 | Gulls sitting in some plants. Credit: Unknown. |  | Western Gull with immature Gulls near Yaquina Head. Credit: BLM. |
 | Glacous Winged Gulls. Credit: Alaska Image Library. |  | Herring Gulls. Credit: Bob Hines. |
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| "Gulls 4" by PamiFoto PamiFoto Commentary: "Gulls over the sea." | "Sea gulls 3" by Nick Lobeck Commentary: "Sea gulls are just amazing!." |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The adult parasite lives in the bloodstream of infected host animals such as ducks, geese, gulls, swans, as well as in certain aquatic mammals such as muskrat and beaver. (references) | |
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| "GULLS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 93.49% of the time. "GULLS" is used about 292 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 93.49% | 273 | 17,765 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.42% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 3.08% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Total | 100.00% | 292 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "GULLS": gulls-in-waiting. | |
Ending with "GULLS": sea-gulls. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "GULLS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | maage-vadefugle (auks, shorebirds, waders), maagefugle. (various references) | |
Dutch | steltlopers en meeuwvogels (auks, shorebirds, waders), steltlopers en meeuwen (auks, shorebirds, waders), meeuwen. (various references) | |
French | goélands, oiseaux de plage, oiseaux de marais, charadriiformes. (various references) | |
German | Möwen. (various references) | |
Greek | γλάροι, ελόβια πτηνά (auks, shorebirds, waders), λαρίδες. (various references) | |
Italian | laridi, caradriiformi (auks, shorebirds, waders). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ullsgay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | gaivotas, limícolas e gaivotas (auks, shorebirds, waders). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Charadriiformes, Laridae. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "GULLS": seagulls. (additional references) | |
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"GULLS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: gaull, gauls, gells, golla, golles, gols, gouls, Guell, gul, gulal, Gulg, gulla, gulle, gullf, Gullo, guls, gurlz, guul, julls. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "GULLS" (pronounced gu"lz) |
| 3 | -u" l z | hulls, lulls, mulls, skulls. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-l-l-s-u" | |
-1 letter: gull, guls, lugs, slug. | |
-2 letters: gul, lug. | |
-3 letters: us. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-l-l-s-u" | |
+1 letter: gallus. | |
+2 letters: gallous, gullets, gulleys, gullies, ligulas, ligules, lugsail, seagull, sullage, ullages. | |
+3 letters: billbugs, bulldogs, galliums, gallnuts, gallused, galluses, glassful, globules, linguals, lugsails, lungfuls, nutgalls, plugless, plugolas, sculling, seagulls, spurgall, sullages, sullying. | |
+4 letters: aiguilles, bluegills, bullfrogs, bullrings, bullyrags, callusing, collogues, dunghills, gladiolus, glandules, glassfuls, globulins, glutelins, gruellers, guerillas, guileless, guiltless, langlaufs, mulligans, quillings, scungilli, songfully, spurgalls, squalling, unselling. | |
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