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Sabine('s) gull [< Sir Edward Sabine, Brit. explorer, d. 1883] 
a small Arctic gull, Xema sabinii, having a forked tail, gray head, and black collar.
- 1852 Sabine and ivory gulls, and other birds, such as ducks, brent geese, &c., were on their flight up the Channel.
- 1958 Few people have the opportunity to see Sabine's Gulls as they rarely come south even in the winter.
- 1852 Sabine and ivory gulls, and other birds, such as ducks, brent geese, &c., were on their flight up the Channel.