Dictionary entry

Mew

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Mew (?), n. [AS. m�w, akin to D. meeuw, G. möwe, OHG. m�h, Icel. mār.] (Zoöl.) A gull, esp. the common British species (Larus canus); called also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb.