ROSS'S GULL


Meaning of ROSS'S GULL in English

noun

Usage: usually capitalized R

Etymology: after Sir James Clark Ross died 1862 Scottish polar explorer

: a small rare gull ( Rhodosthethia rosea ) of the far north having the rail wedge-shaped and the lower parts rosy when in full plumage

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