"Larus argentatus" shine sunan kimiyya ga ruwan teku na kowa, wanda kuma aka sani da gull na Turai. "Larus" shine sunan jinsin dangin gull kuma "argentatus" yana nufin "azurfa" ko "launi mai launin azurfa" a cikin Latin, yana nufin launin toka da fari na tsuntsu.
