larid

Definitions of larid

1. noun

   long-winged web-footed aquatic bird of the gull family
   types:

   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

   Larus canus, mew, mew gull, sea mew

   the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America

   Larus marinus, black-backed gull, cob, great black-backed gull

   white gull having a black back and wings

   Larus argentatus, herring gull

   large gull of the northern hemisphere

   Larus ridibundus, blackcap, laughing gull, pewit, pewit gull

   small black-headed European gull

   Pagophila eburnea, ivory gull

   white Arctic gull; migrates as far south as England and New Brunswick

   kittiwake

   small pearl-grey gull of northern regions; nests on cliffs and has a rudimentary hind toe

   Sterna hirundo, sea swallow

   common tern of Eurasia and America having white black and grey plumage

   type of:

   coastal diving bird

   gull family; skimmer family; jaeger family; auk family