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かもめ
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Meanings
Noun
1. common gull (Larus canus) (Usually kana)
2. gull (Laridae spp.); seagull (Usually kana)
Other spellings
鴎かもめ
Other readings
カモメ
Kanji in other spellings
鴎seagull
Pitch accent
かもめ
Used in vocabulary
わらいかもめ
laughing gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)
Noun
とうぞくかもめ
skua (any bird of family Stercorariidae, incl. the jaegers); pomarine jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus); pomarine skua
Noun
くろとうぞくかもめ
parasitic jaeger; Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
Noun
しろはらとうぞくかもめ
long-tailed jaeger; long-tailed skua (Stercorarius longicaudus)
Noun
Examples2
The sea gull glided on the wind.
The sea gulls are flying low.