DCHP-1 Online
bull ((2)) 2 
n. the dovekie, Alle alle; little auk.
See also: bullbird
- 1774 (1792) This day we saw the first penguins and several bulls.
- 1779 (1792) Both myself and others have often found some of these birds, terns, and bulls dead upon the ice, or land, at a great distance from water.
- 1959 Dovekie [is also called] Bull (Said to refer to its thick neck, but may have ironical reference also to its small size. "Labr."). . . .
- 1774 (1792) This day we saw the first penguins and several bulls.