SUBORDER LARI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does suborder Lari mean? 

• SUBORDER LARI (noun)
  The noun SUBORDER LARI has 1 sense:

1. gulls; terns; jaegers; skimmers

  Familiarity information: SUBORDER LARI used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBORDER LARI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gulls; terns; jaegers; skimmers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Lari; suborder Lari

Hypernyms ("suborder Lari" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "suborder Lari"):

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

family Rynchopidae; Rynchopidae (coextensive with the genus Rynchops: skimmers)

family Stercorariidae; Stercorariidae (jaegers and skuas:)

Holonyms ("suborder Lari" is a member of...):

Charadriiformes; order Charadriiformes (large diverse order of aquatic birds found along seacoasts and inland waters: shorebirds and coastal diving birds; most feed on anima life)