ˈla(a)rəs noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Late Latin, gull, from Greek laros; perhaps akin to Latin lamentum lament — more at lament
: 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 , laughing gull