larus ridibundus

1. 1.

   small black-headed European gull

   Synonymslaughing gullblackcappewitpewit gull

   Broadergull

   Part ofLarus

Questions about larus ridibundus

What does larus ridibundus mean?

larus ridibundus means "small black-headed European gull".

What is another word for larus ridibundus?

Close synonyms include laughing gull, blackcap, pewit, pewit gull. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is larus ridibundus a common word?

larus ridibundus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.