black-backed gull

[ blak-bakt ]
/ ˈblækˌbækt /

noun

any of several white gulls, as Larus marinus (great black-backed gull), having a black back and wings.

Origin of black-backed gull

First recorded in 1770–80

Words nearby black-backed gull

black-a-vised, black-and-blue, black-and-tan, black-and-tan terrier, black-and-white, black-backed gull, black-bag, black-bag job, black-bellied plover, black-billed cuckoo, black-billed magpie

British Dictionary definitions for black-backed gull

black-backed gull

noun

either of two common black-and-white European coastal gulls, Larus fuscus (lesser black-backed gull) and L. marinus (great black-backed gull)
Also called: karoro a southern gull, larus dominicanus, with black feathers on its back