Definition of Larus canus

1. Noun. The common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America.

Exact synonyms: Mew, Mew Gull, Sea Mew
Generic synonyms: Gull, Sea Gull, Seagull
Group relationships: Genus Larus, Larus
Derivative terms: Mew, Mew

Lexicographical Neighbors of Larus Canus

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
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
Lasegue's syndrome
Laserdisc

Literary usage of Larus canus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory by William Macgillivray (1852)
"larus canus. Selb. Illustr. II. 490. larus canus. Common Gull. Jen. Brit. Vert. Anim. 275. larus canus. Bonap. Comp. List, 63. Bill an inch and a half along ..."

2. Birds of Labrador by Charles Wendell Townsend, Glover Morrill Allen (1907)
"Elliott Coues adds the following note after larus canus: "Common Gull. ... larus canus, the Common Gull of Europe, is given by various authors in Audubon's ..."

3. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1895)
"larus canus LINN. Mew Gull. larus canus LINN. SN ed. 10, I. 1758, 136. [B— C—, R671, C779.] GEOG. DIST.— Europe and Asia; accidental in Labrador ? 57. ..."

4. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1907)
"The geographic distribution of larus canus is stated in the second edition of the AOU ' Check-List' to be, " Europe and Asia; accidental in Labrador? ..."

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