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Meaning of "ivory gull" in the English dictionary

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ivory gull


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IVORY GULL

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Ivory gull is a noun.
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WHAT DOES IVORY GULL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ivory gull

The ivory gull is a small gull, the only species in the genus Pagophila. It breeds in the high Arctic and has a circumpolar distribution through Greenland, northernmost North America, and Eurasia.

Definition of ivory gull in the English dictionary

The definition of ivory gull in the dictionary is a white gull, Pagophila eburneus, mostly confined to arctic regions.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IVORY GULL

ivied · ivies · Iviza · Ivorian · ivories · ivorist · ivory · ivory black · Ivory Coast · ivory nut · ivory palm · ivory tower · ivory trade · ivory-like · ivory-towered · ivorybill · ivorywood · IVR · ivresse · ivy

WORDS THAT END LIKE IVORY GULL

black-backed gull · black-headed gull · bull · common gull · dull · full · glaucous gull · great black-backed gull · gull · herring gull · hull · in full · little gull · mew gull · null · pull · seagull · skull · the Bull · to the full

Synonyms and antonyms of ivory gull in the English dictionary of synonyms

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象牙鸥
1,325 millions of speakers
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gaviota marfil
570 millions of speakers
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ivory gull
510 millions of speakers
hi

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आइवरी ठगना
380 millions of speakers
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نورس العاج
280 millions of speakers
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белой чайки
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gaivota de marfim
270 millions of speakers
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আইভরি গল
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mouette blanche
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Ikan gading
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Elfenbeinmöwe
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象牙のカモメ
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아이보리 갈매기
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Gading ivory
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ngà voi mòng biển
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ஐவரி காளை
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हस्तिदंत
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Fildişi martı
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avorio gabbiano
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frajer z kości słoniowej
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білої чайки
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fildeș pescăruș
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ελεφαντόδοντο γλάρος
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ivoor Gull
14 millions of speakers
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elfenben mås
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ismåke
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IVORY GULL»

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Genetic Structure, Diversity and Evolutionary History of the ...
Ross's Gull (Rhodostethia rosea) is classified as Threatened in Canada due to the extremely small numbers of breeding birds.
Stephanie Royston, 2008
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Seabird
The Ivory Gull looked like its name — a piece of carved ivory soaring in magic flight. The flying Gull crossed frozen rivers of glaciers — gigantic icicles laid along the valleys. Moving inch by inch to the sea, they ended in ice walls towering up ...
‎1948
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Wisconsin Birdlife: Population & Distribution Past & Present
Ivory Gull (Pagophila eburnea) Status. Accidental. Four records. Habitat. Great Lakes. Inland lakes. Migration Dates. Observed between 7 March and 6 April. Winter. One January record. Late in the afternoon on 7 March 1947, fisherman Lyle ...
Samuel D. Robbins, 1991
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Fauna Boreali-americana, Or, The Zoology of the Northern ...
Ivory Gull. Genus, Larus, Linn. Ivory Gull. Penn. Arct. Zool, ii., p. 529, No. 457. Larus eburneus. {Ivory Gull). Sab. GreenU Birds, p. 548, No. 21 ; Suppl. Parry1! First Voy., p. cciv., No. 18. Mouette blanche ou senateur (L. eburneus). Temm., ii., p.
Sir John Richardson, William Swainson, William Kirby, 1831
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The Northernmost Ruins of the Globe
L 1 Long-tailed duck radius cylinder, no ends R 1 Brent/barnacle goose tarsometatarsus cylinder, no ends L juvenile 1 Ivory gull mandible complete R 1 Ivory gull mandible mesial L 1 Ivory gull sternum anterior crest 1 Ivory gull sternum lateral ...
Bjarne Grønnow, Jens Fog Jensen, 2003
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THE BRITISH CYCLOPEDIA
The length of the ivory gull is about twenty inches, the wings at least four feet, and the weight upwards of a pound. It is a bird of very elegant form, and perhaps there is no wing which cleaves the air with so much apparent ease as that of the ...
CHARLES F.PARTINGTON, 1836
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The British Cyclopæedia of Natural History: Combining a ...
Though it is called the ivory gull, ivory, or indeed any other substance with which we are elsewhere acquainted, gives but a faint notion of its extreme purity. The feet are dark coloured, with the tarsi very stout, and the tibia; feathered down to ...
Charles Frederick Partington, 1836
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Constable's miscellany of original and selected publications
Genus V. Ivory gull. Gavia. — Brisson and Boje. 1 Great ivory gull. G. eburnea, Brehm. 2 Small ivory gull. G. nivea, Brehm. Genus VI. Rapacious sea swallow. Sylochelidon: — Brehm. 1 Baltic rapacious sea swallow. S. Balthica, Brehm.
Constable and co, ltd, 1826
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Constable's miscellany of original and selected publications ...
X. capistratrum, Boje, 6 Small swallow gulL X. minutum, Boje. Genus V. Ivory gull. Gavia Brisson and Boje. 1 Great ivory gull. G. eburaea, Brehm, 2 Small ivory gull. G. nivea, Brehm. Genus VI. Rapacious sea swallow. Sylochelidon : — Brehm.
Archibald Constable, 1831
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American Ornithology: Or The Natural History of the Birds of ...
Genus V. Ivory gull. Gavia. — Brisson and Boje. 1 Great ivory gull. G. eburnea, Brehm. 2 Small ivory gulL G. nivea, Brehm. Genus VL Rapacious sea swallow. Sylochelidon: — Brehm. 1 Baltic rapacious sea swallow. S. Balthica, Brehm.
Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, Robert Jameson, 1831

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IVORY GULL»

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More Features RCM&E July 1976
MiJet, Cambrian's Capstan, Veron's Big Impala, Micro Mold's Tern, Keil Kraft's Ivory Gull, various Multiplex soarers (including the LS-1, Alpha-H and Super ... «ModelFlying, Jul 15»
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Field Museum announces record gifts of $70 million, a $250 million …
... has recently helped scientists, for instance, establish that mercury levels in the ivory gull, which inhabits Arctic regions, have been rising. «Chicago Tribune, May 15»
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Mercury pollution danger for arctic ivory gulls
... that increased levels of mercury in the environment is likely partly responsible for the severe decrease in the ivory gull population in Canada. «Phys.Org, Mar 15»
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Mercury levels rising in endangered Arctic gulls: biologist
Only 500 breeding pairs of the Ivory Gull remain in Canada. By Bob Weber, The Canadian Press Posted: Mar 19, 2015 4:38 PM CT Last Updated: Mar 20, 2015 ... «CBC.ca, Mar 15»
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Mercury pollution threat to Arctic bird
Analysis of museum specimens shows high mercury levels in the endangered ivory gull. It could have implications for the bird's ability to ... «BBC News, Mar 15»
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Positively Negative: A New PLOS ONE Collection focusing on …
Warming in Our Winter Wonderland: The Role of Ice in Penguin, Polar Bear, and Ivory Gull Survival · Out on a Limb: Dwindling Trees in Cities ... «PLoS Blogs, Feb 15»
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FINGER LAKES BIRDLIFE: Gulls deserve a closer look
The gulls everyone watches for are: Ivory Gull (I've seen one in my 40 years of birding), Ross's Gull, which is even rarer than the Ivory, or a ... «Finger Lakes Times, Feb 15»
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Warming in Our Winter Wonderland: The Role of Ice in Penguin …
journal.pone.0115231.g002 Living their entire lives in the Arctic, the near-threatened ivory gulls have scheduled their activities around ice. «PLoS Blogs, Feb 15»
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Sometimes birding is about the chase
In short order I learned the ivory gull is a pure white bird of the Arctic Ocean, with black legs and a yellow-tipped bill. For a gull it's on the small ... «Chicago Daily Herald, Feb 15»
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Pigeon pageant for beautiful birds dispels 'rats with wings'
lRelated Bird enthusiasts flock to Quincy to see rare ivory gull · Pets & Animals · Bird enthusiasts flock to Quincy to see rare ivory gull. «Chicago Tribune, Feb 15»
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