Larus
noun
Lar·us
ˈla(a)rəs
: 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
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Late Latin, gull, from Greek laros; perhaps akin to Latin lamentum lament