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Dutch
Etymology
Compound of kobbe + meeuw.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔp.meːu̯/
- Hyphenation: kob‧meeuw
Noun
kobmeeuw m or f (plural kobmeeuwen, diminutive kobmeeuwtje n)
- several species of seagull
- (particularly) the European herring gull, Larus argentatus
- Synonym: zilvermeeuw
1879, Jan Ritzema Bos, Landbouwdierkunde: nuttige en schadelijke dieren van Nederland:Onder de muizenverdelgende soorten noem ik den buizerd, den kerkuil, de roek en in streken, die niet zeer ver van zee zijn gelegen, de kobmeeuw.- Among the mouse-exterminating species I name the buzzard, the barn owl, the rook and, in the regions that are not located far from sea, the European herring gull.