sea gull

1. 1.

   mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs

   Synonymsgullseagull

   Broaderlarid

   Narrowermewblack-backed gullherring gulllaughing gullivory gullkittiwake

Questions about sea gull

What does sea gull mean?

sea gull means "mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs".

What is another word for sea gull?

Close synonyms include gull, seagull. 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 sea gull a common word?

sea gull is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.