WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
lar•ine
(lar′in),USA pronunciation adj.
- Birdscharacteristic of or resembling a gull.
- Birdsof or pertaining to the suborder Lari, family Laridae, comprising the gulls.
- Greek láros a sea bird, a kind of gull) + -inae -ine1
- Neo-Latin Larinae name of the subfamily, equivalent. to Lar(us) genus name (