UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

Sense 1: seagull

Semantic domains: Birds (001001002001005)

Core domains: Animal (010)

Definition: = seabird, living on the coasts of large bodies of water; white with gray or black back and upper wing surfaces; it has long flexible wings; it feeds on fish or plankton, usually settling on the water to feed; some dive into the water for their food, and many are also shoreline scavengers, eating dead fish, crabs, and shellfish; Larus ridibundus, Larus argentatus, ◄ Sterna hirundo, Sterna albifrons; ► unclean and therefore not to be eaten

Further resources: Fauna:3.20