larine
Americanadjective
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characteristic of or resembling a gull.
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of or relating to the suborder Lari, family Laridae, comprising the gulls.
adjective
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of, relating to, or resembling a gull
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of, relating to, or belonging to the suborder Lari, which contains the gulls, terns, skuas, and skimmers
Etymology
Origin of larine
< New Latin Larinae name of the subfamily, equivalent to Lar ( us ) genus name (< Greek láros a sea bird, a kind of gull) + -inae -ine 1
Example Sentences
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I bought many salted kine as provision for the ship at half a larine each, being all excellent meat and very fat, and four wild hogs ready dressed for a larine.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 by Kerr, Robert
The larine is worth about twelve shillings and sixpence.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 by Kerr, Robert
Also one Say and 20 estiues make a larine, which is of Aleppo money 6 medines and a halfe.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 09 Asia, Part II by Hakluyt, Richard
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