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lesser black-backed gull

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A seabird and member of the gull family, Larus fuscus.

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  • Afrikaans: Kleinswartrugmeeu — Larus fuscus
  • Albanian: pulëbardha mesatare shpinëzezë — Larus fuscus
  • Arabic: النَّوْرَس أَسْوَد الظَّهْر الصَغِير (an-nawras ʔaswad aẓ-ẓahr aṣ-ṣaḡīr) — Larus fuscus
  • Armenian: փոքր ծովաորոր (pʻokʻr covaoror) — Larus fuscus
  • Basque: kaio iluna — Larus fuscus
  • Catalan: gavià fosc — Larus fuscus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小黑背鸥 (xiǎo hēi bèi ōu) — Larus fuscus
  • Czech: racek žlutonohý — Larus fuscus
  • Danish: sildemåge — Larus fuscus
  • Dutch: kleine mantelmeeuw — Larus fuscus
  • Esperanto: flavkrura mevo — Larus fuscus
  • Estonian: tõmmukajakas — Larus fuscus
  • Faroese: likka — Larus fuscus
  • Faroese: bidna — Larus fuscus
  • Finnish: selkälokki — Larus fuscus
  • French: Goéland brun — Larus fuscus
  • Galician: gaivota escura — Larus fuscus
  • Georgian: კლუშა-თოლია (ḳluša-tolia) — Larus fuscus
  • Georgian: შავზურგა თოლია (šavzurga tolia) — Larus fuscus
  • German: Heringsmöwe — Larus fuscus
  • Greek: μελανόγλαρος (melanóglaros) — Larus fuscus
  • Hebrew: שחף שחור בלתי־מזוהה — Larus fuscus
  • Hungarian: heringsirály — Larus fuscus
  • Icelandic: sílamáfur — Larus fuscus
  • Icelandic: sílamávur — Larus fuscus
  • Irish: droimneach beag — Larus fuscus
  • Italian: zafferano — Larus fuscus
  • Japanese: ニシセグロカモメ (nishisegurokamome) — Larus fuscus
  • Kazakh: бозшағала (bozşağala) — Larus fuscus
  • Korean: 줄무늬노랑발갈매기 (julmunuinorangbalgalmaegi) — Larus fuscus
  • Latvian: reņģu kaija — Larus fuscus
  • Lithuanian: silkinis kiras — Larus fuscus
  • Manx: foillan saggyrt — Larus fuscus
  • Mongolian: ᠦᠬᠡᠷ ᠴᠠᠬᠣᠯᠠᠢ (üker čaqolai) — Larus fuscus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sildemåke — Larus fuscus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sildemåse — Larus fuscus
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sildemåke — Larus fuscus
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sildemåse — Larus fuscus
  • Polish: mewa żółtonoga — Larus fuscus
  • Portuguese: gaivota-da-asa-escura — Larus fuscus
  • Romanian: pescăruș negricios — Larus fuscus
  • Russian: клуша (kluša) — Larus fuscus
  • Northern Sami: salletgáiru — Larus fuscus
  • Scottish Gaelic: faoileag bheag — Larus fuscus
  • Serbo-Croatian: mali tamnoleđi galeb — Larus fuscus
  • Slovak: čajka tmavá — Larus fuscus
  • Slovene: rjavi galeb — Larus fuscus
  • Spanish: gaviota sombría — Larus fuscus
  • Swedish: silltrut — Larus fuscus
  • Thai: นกนางนวลหลังดําเล็ก (nók naaŋ-nuan lăŋ-dam lék) — Larus fuscus
  • Turkish: kara sırtlı martı — Larus fuscus
  • Ukrainian: клуша (kluša) — Larus fuscus
  • Vietnamese: mòng biển nhỏ lưng đen — Larus fuscus
  • Welsh: gwylan gefnddu leiaf — Larus fuscus