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heermann's gull

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
heer-man-n's gull
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Larus heermanni, a gull resident in the United States, Mexico and extreme southwestern British Columbia, nearly all nesting on Isla Rasa in the Gulf of California, and only rarely found inland.

Etymology

Named after Adolphus Lewis Heermann, 19th-century explorer and naturalist.

Inflected Forms

Heermann's gulls (plural)

Questions

What does heermann's gull mean?
Larus heermanni, a gull resident in the United States, Mexico and extreme southwestern British Columbia, nearly all nesting on Isla Rasa in the Gulf of California, and only rarely found inland.
Where does heermann's gull come from?
Named after Adolphus Lewis Heermann, 19th-century explorer and naturalist.

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