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Definition of Larus
1. Noun. Type genus of the Laridae.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Laridae, Laridae
Member holonyms: Larus Canus, Mew, Mew Gull, Sea Mew, Black-backed Gull, Cob, Great Black-backed Gull, Larus Marinus, Herring Gull, Larus Argentatus, Blackcap, Larus Ridibundus, Laughing Gull, Pewit, Pewit Gull
Lexicographical Neighbors of Larus
Literary usage of Larus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"Three-year plumage-cycle:—Larus heermanni, Larus canus, Larus brachyrhynchus,
Larus delawarensis and Pagophila alba. 3. Four-year plumage-cycle (like Larus ..."
2. The Birds of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher by Robert Ridgway (1919)
"Larus fuscas, young.1 it. Upper parts lighter, more of a hair brown.. k. ...
Bill more robust, usually more than 11 mm. in depth n base Larus ..."
3. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory by William Macgillivray (1852)
"This very common, lively, and beautiful species, although much inferior in size
to Larus argen- tatus, is nearly allied to it in form ..."
4. The Published Writings of Spencer Fullerton Baird, 1843-1882 by George Brown Goode (1883)
"Larus DELAWARENSIS Olii». Ring-billed Gull. [664.] Larus BRACHYRHYNCHUS ...
Larus CANUS I. INN. Mew Gull. Larus HEERMANNI C.vss. Heermann'a Gull. [666. ..."
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