Library / English Dictionary

LARID

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (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)

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