mew

any seagull, esp the common gull, Larus canus

mew

a room or cage for hawks, esp while moulting

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Mew

(Larus canus), also common European gull, a bird of the order Charadriiformes. The mew is about 50 cm long and weighs about 0.5 kg. The plumage is white below and bluish above; the tips of the wings are black and white. The bill is pale yellow. The bird is found in northern Europe, Asia, and North America. It is present year-round throughout the USSR except in the south, where it is found only in winter. The mew settles along rivers, lakes, and seas. It nests in colonies. A clutch contains two or three eggs, which are incubated for 25 or 26 days. The mew feeds on aquatic invertebrates, small fishes, rodents, wastes from fish-processing plants, and berries. It sometimes destroys the nests of other birds and eats the eggs and nestlings.

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Phalarope - - Pomarine Jaeger + - Parasitic Jaeger - + Long-tailed Jaeger + B Great Skua - - Franklin's Gull - - Black-headed Gull - - Mew Gull - - Thayer's Gull + + Iceland Gull - - Glaucous Gull + + Great Black-backed Gull - - Black-legged

Phalarope - Pomarine Jaeger - Parasitic Jaeger - Long-tailed Jaeger B Great Skua - Franklin's Gull - Black-headed Gull - Mew Gull - Thayer's Gull + Iceland Gull - Glaucous Gull B Great Black-backed Gull - Black-legged

Phalarope + + Pomarine Jaeger + + Parasitic Jaeger B B Long-tailed Jaeger B B Great Skua - - Franklin's Gull - - Black-headed Gull + + Mew Gull + + Thayer's Gull B + Iceland Gull - - Glaucous Gull B B Great Black-backed Gull - - Black-legged

Birds of Bylot Island and adjacent Baffin Island, Northwest Territories, Canada, 1979 to 1997