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larine

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lar⋅ine

[lar-in]
–adjective
1. characteristic of or resembling a gull.
2. of or pertaining to the suborder Lari, family Laridae, comprising the gulls.

Origin:
< NL Larinae name of the subfamily, equiv. to Lar(us) genus name (< Gk láros a sea bird, a kind of gull) + -inae -ine 1
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