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LARUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Larus mean?
• LARUS (noun)
The noun LARUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Laridae
Familiarity information: LARUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Laridae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Larus; Larus
Hypernyms ("Larus" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Larus"):
Larus canus; mew; mew gull; sea mew (the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America)
black-backed gull; cob; great black-backed gull; Larus marinus (white gull having a black back and wings)
herring gull; Larus argentatus (large gull of the northern hemisphere)
blackcap; Larus ridibundus; laughing gull; pewit; pewit gull (small black-headed European gull)
Holonyms ("Larus" is a member of...):
family Laridae; Laridae (gull family: gulls and terns)
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