Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the bill ringed with color: as, the ring-billed gull (which see, under
gull ).
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Examples
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Herring gulls, ring-billed gulls, and great black backs were hitching rides on ice floes.
Archive 2009-02-01 2009
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When the fog lifted a tiny bit, I was able to distinguish the mix of species in the roost -- mainly herring gulls and ring-billed gulls but also a few Bonaparte's and laughing gulls, all ruled over by a few great black backs, the burgomeister gull.
Archive 2009-07-01 2009
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Most of the ring-billed gulls were in various stages of molt or of immature plumages but a trio of them who landed basically at my feet had the most perfect pristine plumage say that three times fast I have ever seen.
Archive 2009-07-01 2009
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A ring-billed gull was flying into the wind and catching rides repeatedly.
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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Herring gulls, ring-billed gulls, and great black backs were hitching rides on ice floes.
Snowy Owl 2009
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Most of the ring-billed gulls were in various stages of molt or of immature plumages but a trio of them who landed basically at my feet had the most perfect pristine plumage say that three times fast I have ever seen.
foggy fishing 2009
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Seriously, they looked like they were specially imported for a ring-billed gull photo shoot.
foggy fishing 2009
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When the fog lifted a tiny bit, I was able to distinguish the mix of species in the roost -- mainly herring gulls and ring-billed gulls but also a few Bonaparte's and laughing gulls, all ruled over by a few great black backs, the burgomeister gull.
foggy fishing 2009
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A ring-billed gull was flying into the wind and catching rides repeatedly.
crazy? 2009
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Seriously, they looked like they were specially imported for a ring-billed gull photo shoot.
Archive 2009-07-01 2009
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