Definition
Large water birds with gray and white feathers that live near coasts and are known for eating almost anything, including human food.
Etymology
From 'sea' (water body) combined with 'gull,' which comes from Celtic languages. The word 'gull' may be imitative of their cry or related to words meaning 'to cheat' (because they steal food).
Kelly Says
Seagulls have actually evolved in real-time to be bolder around humans—they've learned that beaches mean food, and bolder individual birds had better survival rates, so now we have a whole population of fearless seabirds! It's evolution happening right before our eyes.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
ባህር እንቁላል
bah-ar en-kual
ARالعربية
عصافير البحر
ʕaṣfur al-baḥr
BNবাংলা
সামুদ্রিক চাষী
sa-mu-dri-k cha-shi
CSČeština
mořské čajky
mor-ske chay-ky
ELΕλληνικά
γλαροί
glar-oi
ESEspañol
gaviotas
gah-bee-OH-tahs
FISuomi
sorsalintuja
sor-sa-lin-tu-ja
FRFrançais
mouettes
moo-et
HEעברית
ציפורים ימיות
tzi-por-im ya-mi-ot
HIहिन्दी
बंदरगाह के पक्षी
ban-der-gah ke pakh-see
HUMagyar
tengermadarak
ten-ger-ma-dar-ak
IDBahasa Indonesia
burung camar
bu-rung ca-mar
IGIG
nkwu mmiri
n-k-wu m-mi-ri
MSBahasa Melayu
burung camar
bu-rung ca-mar
NLNederlands
meeuwen
my-u-wen
PAPA
ਸਮੁੰਦਰੀ ਚਿੜੀ
sa-mu-ndri chi-ree
PTPortuguês
gaivotas
gah-ee-VOH-tahs
RORomână
cormorani
kor-mo-ra-ni
RUРусский
морские чайки
mor-skie chay-ki
SVSvenska
sjöfåglar
shoh-fah-glar
SWKiswahili
kuku wa bahari
koo-koo wa ba-ha-ri
THไทย
นกนางนวล
nok nang-nu-l
TLTL
kalapati ng dagat
ka-la-pa-ti ng da-gat
TRTürkçe
deniz baykuşları
deh-niz bay-koo-shu-lari
UKУкраїнська
морські чайки
mors-ki chay-ki
URاردو
سمندری چڑیاں
sam-an-dri cha-ree-an
VITiếng Việt
cánh én
canh en
ZUZU
inkanyamba
in-ka-nya-mba