Larus
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Larus heermanni
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin larus (“a sea-bird, perhaps a gull”), from Ancient Greek λάρος (láros).
Proper noun
Larus m
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; 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
Larus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Larus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Larus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
