GENUS LARUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Larus mean? 

• GENUS LARUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS LARUS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Laridae

  Familiarity information: GENUS LARUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS LARUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Laridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Larus; Larus

Hypernyms ("genus Larus" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus 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 ("genus Larus" is a member of...):

family Laridae; Laridae (gull family: gulls and terns)