GULL


Meaning of GULL in English

1. n. any of various long-winged web-footed sea birds of the family Laridae, usu. having white plumage with a mantle varying from pearly-grey to black, and a bright bill.

Derivatives:

gullery n. (pl. -ies).

Etymology: ME ult. f. OCelt. 2. v.tr. (usu. in passive; foll. by into) dupe, fool.

Etymology: perh. f. obs. gull yellow f. ON gulr

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.