Definition of Larus

1. Noun. Type genus of the Laridae.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Larus

Larmor precession
Larodopa
Laron type dwarfism
Larotid
Larousse
Laroyenne's operation
Larrea
Larrea tridentata
Larrey's amputation
Larrey's cleft
Larrey-Weil disease
Larry
Lars
Lars Onsager
Larus (current term)
Larus argentatus
Larus canus
Larus marinus
Larus ridibundus
Larvacea
Las Cruces
Las Vegas
Las Vegas algorithm
Lasa
Lascar
Lascaux
Lasegue
Lasegue's disease
Lasegue's sign

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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