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Glaucous Gull
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The glaucous gull is a large gull, the second-largest in the world. Its genus name Larus derives from a Latin word that appears to have referred to a gull or other large seabird, while its specific name hyperboreus is Latin for northern, drawn from the Ancient Greek Hyperboreoi, a people of the far north; glaucous comes from the Latin glaucus and denotes the bird's grey coloring. An older English name for the species is burgomaster.
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