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Webster 1913 Edition


Swartback

Swart′backˊ

,
Noun.
(Zool.)
The black-backed gull (
Larus marinus
); – called also
swarbie
.
[Prov. Eng.]

Definition 2024


swartback

swartback

English

Noun

swartback (plural swartbacks)

  1. (Britain, dialect) The black-backed gull (Larus marinus), or swarbie.