Definition of Larus
:a large cosmopolitan genus of gulls comprising many of the better-known gulls and being the type of the family Laridae — see bonaparte's gull , glaucous gull, herring gull
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Larus
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Lar·us
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ˈla(a)rəs
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Origin and Etymology of larus
New Latin, from Late Latin, gull, from Greek laros; perhaps akin to Latin lamentum lament
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