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LARUS

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Laridae

Synonyms:

genus Larus; Larus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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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