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[syn: mew, mew gull, sea mew, Larus canus]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sea mew \Sea" mew`\ (Zool.)
A gull; the mew.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mew \Mew\, n. [AS. m?w, akin to D. meeuw, G. m["o]we, OHG. m?h,
Icel. m[=a]r.] (Zool.)
A gull, esp. the common British species (Larus canus);
called also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sea mew
n 1: the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America
[syn: mew, mew gull, sea mew, Larus canus]