Larus

See also: larus and Lárus

Translingual

Larus heermanni

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Latin larus (“a sea-bird, perhaps a gull”), from Ancient Greek λάῥος (lárhos)

Proper noun

Larus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Laridae – many of the most common gulls.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Reptilia - class; Aves - subclass; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Charadriiformes - order; Lari - suborder; Laridae - family; Larinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Larus marinus - type species; Larus armenicus, Larus atlanticus, Larus cachinnans, Larus californicus, Larus crassirostris, Larus glaucoides, Larus livens, Larus michahellis, Larus occidentalis, Larus schistisagus, Larus smithsonianus, Larus thayeri, Larus vegae - species

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276