larus

IPA: ɫˈɑrʌs

Root Word: Larus

a large genus of gulls with worldwide distribution (by far the greatest species diversity is in the Northern Hemisphere).
(supposedly died 207 BC) a leader of Cantabrian mercenaries in the Carthaginian army during the Second Punic War, according to Silius Italicus's poem Punica.
a large genus of gulls with worldwide distribution

Examples of "larus" in Sentences

Species of gull which do not belong to the genus Larus.
Arabici laevum larus Arabes tenuere Troglodytae, unde regio ipsa
The ostrich, and the owl, and the larus, and the hawk according to its kind.
And the ostrich, and the owl, and the larus, and the hawk according to its kind:
B.larus chief of mission: Ambassador Karen B. STEWART embassy: 46 Starovilenskaya St.,
Ed. Page view page image: back. 3rd. the large Grey Gull, or white larus with a greyish brown back, and light grey belly and breast, about the size of
There are 4 species of the larus or gull on this coast and river. 1st a small species the size of a Pegion; white except some black spots about the head and the little bone on the but of the wing. 2d. a species somewhat larger of a light brown colour, with a mealy coloured