gull
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gull1
▶noun a long-winged, web-footed seabird typically having white plumage with a grey or black mantle. [Family Laridae : many species.]
– origin ME: of Celtic origin; rel. to Welsh gwylan and Breton gwelan.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gull2
▶verb fool or deceive (someone). ▶noun a person who is fooled or deceived.
– origin C16: of unknown origin.
'gull' also found in these Oxford entries:
fulmar
- glaucous gull
- gullible
- gull-wing
- herring gull
- kittiwake
- mew
- mew gull
- mollymawk
- seagull

