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black-headed gull

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A small gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus, which breeds in much of Europe and Asia, and also in coastal eastern Canada.

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  • Afrikaans: swartkopmeeu — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Arabic: نورس اسود الرأس (nawras iswadda ar-raʔs) — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Armenian: սովորական որոր (sovorakan oror) — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Asturian: gavilueta reidora — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Basque: antxeta mokogorri — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Belarusian: чайка азёрная (čajka azjórnaja) — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Belarusian: чайка-рыбачка (čajka-rybačka) — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Breton: gouelanig maskl du — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Bulgarian: речна чайка (rečna čajka) — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Bulgarian: чайка смехулка (čajka smehulka) — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Bulgarian: смехурка (smehurka) — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Carpathian Rusyn: мева рехотуса (meva rexotusa) — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Carpathian Rusyn: мева звычайна (meva zvŷčajna) — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Carpathian Rusyn: хохотва (xoxotva) — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Catalan: gavina — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Catalan: gavina riallera — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 红嘴鸥 (hóng zuǐ ōu) — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • East Circassian: псытхьэрыкъуэщхьэфӏыцӏэ (psətḥɛrəqwɛśḥɛfʼəcʼɛ) — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Czech: racek chechtavý — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Danish: hættemåge — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Dhivehi: ބޯކަޅު ގޮހޮރުކޭ (bōkaḷu gohorukē) — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Dutch: kokmeeuw — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Esperanto: ridmevo — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Estonian: naerukajakas — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Faroese: fransaterna — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Finnish: naurulokki — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • French: mouette rieuse — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • North Frisian: suarthoodet kub — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • West-Frisian: kob — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Galician: gaivota chorona — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Galician: papoia — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Georgian: ტბის თოლია (ṭbis tolia) — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • German: Lachmöwe — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • German: Alebock — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Hungarian: dankasirály — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Icelandic: hettumáfur — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Irish: sléibhín — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Irish: droimneach beag — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Italian: gabbiano comune — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Japanese: 百合鴎 (yurikamome) — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Kashubian: czirka — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Kazakh: кәдімгі шағала (kädımgı şağala) — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Korean: 붉은부리갈매기 (bulgeunburigalmaegi) — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Latvian: lielais ķīris — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Lithuanian: rudagalvis kiras — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Low German: Swattkoppmöwe — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Macedonian: езерски галеб (ezerski galeb) — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Macedonian: речен галеб (rečen galeb) — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Malayalam: ചെറിയ കടൽകാക്ക (ceṟiya kaṭalkākka) — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Nepali: कालोटाउके गंगाचील (kāloṭāuke gaṅgācīl) — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Norman: maûvette — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hettemåke — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hettemåke — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Polish: mewa śmieszka — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Polish: śmieszka — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Portuguese: guincho-comum — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Punjabi: ਕਾਲਾ ਸਿਰ-ਡਮਰਾ (kālā sira-ḍamrā) — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Romanian: pescăruș râzător — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Russian: озёрная ча́йка (ozjórnaja čájka) — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Russian: речная чайка (rečnaja čajka) — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Akkala Sami: церрик (c’errik) — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Northern Sami: gahperbáiski — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Scots: pirr-maw — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Scots: pick-maw — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Serbo-Croatian: речни га̏ле̄б — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Serbo-Croatian: rijecni gȁlēb — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Slovak: čajka smejivá — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Slovene: recni galeb — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Spanish: gaviota reidora — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Swedish: skrattmås — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Thai: นกนางนวลหัวดํา (nók naang nuan hŭa dam) — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Turkish: karabaş martı — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Ukrainian: чайка морська (čajka morsʹka) — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Ukrainian: ібиска (ibyska) — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Ukrainian: мартин звичайний (martyn zvyčajnyj) — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Vietnamese: mòng biển đầu đen — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Welsh: gwylan benddu — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • West Flemish: kokmêeuwe — Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Yakut: хара баттах (qara battaq) — Chroicocephalus ridibundus