LARID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does larid mean? 

• LARID (noun)
  The noun LARID has 1 sense:

1. long-winged web-footed aquatic bird of the gull family

  Familiarity information: LARID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LARID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Long-winged web-footed aquatic bird of the gull family

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("larid" is a kind of...):

coastal diving bird (gull family; skimmer family; jaeger family; auk family)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "larid"):

gull; sea gull; seagull (mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs)

tern (small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail)

Holonyms ("larid" is a member of...):

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