Larinae
Larinae
[′lar·ə‚nē] (vertebrate zoology)
A subfamily of birds in the family Laridae containing the gulls and characterized by a thick, slightly hooked beak, a square tail, and a stout white body, with shades of gray on the back and the upper wing surface.
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A phylogeny of the gulls (Aves:
Larinae) inferred from osteological and integumentary characters.
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