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Definition of L cachinnans

L cachinnans
Herring Her"ring, n. [OE. hering, AS. h[ae]ring; akin to D. haring, G. h["a]ring, hering, OHG. haring, hering, and prob. to AS. here army, and so called because they commonly move in large numbers. Cf. Harry.] (Zo["o]l.) One of various species of fishes of the genus Clupea, and allied genera, esp. the common round or English herring (C. harengus) of the North Atlantic. Herrings move in vast schools, coming in spring to the shores of Europe and America, where they are salted and smoked in great quantities. Herring gull (Zo["o]l.), a large gull which feeds in part upon herrings; esp., Larus argentatus in America, and L. cachinnans in England. See Gull. Herring hog (Zo["o]l.), the common porpoise. King of the herrings. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The chim[ae]ra (C. monstrosa) which follows the schools of herring. See Chim[ae]ra. (b) The opah.

Meaning of L cachinnans from wikipedia

- a subspecies of either the Caspian gull L. cachinnans, or more broadly as a subspecies of the herring gull L. argentatus. The genus name is from Latin...
- BirdLife species factsheet for Larus cachinnans "Larus cachinnans". Avibase. Interactive range map of Larus cachinnans at IUCN Red List maps Audio recordings...
- herring gull, L. argentatus American herring gull, L. smithsoni**** Caspian gull, L. cachinnans Yellow-legged gull, L. micha****is Vega gull, L. vegae Armenian...
- has previously been regarded as a subspecies of the Caspian gull (L. cachinnans) but is now sometimes lumped with the Vega gull. The Vega gull is similar...
- (both from south of the Palghat Gap) while cachinnans was kept separate. This treatment of jerdoni and cachinnans as species continued until 2005 when Rasmussen...
- complex, such as yellow-legged gull (L. micha****is), glaucous gull (L. hyperboreus), and Caspian gull (L. cachinnans). Pelophylax nigromaculatus and P....
- The laughing falcon (Herpetotheres cachinnans) is a medium-sized bird of prey in subfamily Herpetotherinae of family Falconidae, the falcons and caracaras...
- the procellariiform genus Puffinus. "L." elegans (Late Oligocene?/Early Miocene of St-GĂ©rand-le-Puy, France) and "L." totanoides (Late Oligocene?/Early...
- treated as separate species from the European herring gull Caspian gull (L. cachinnans) is treated as a separate species from European herring and yellow-legged...
- Cryptic forest falcon, Micrastur mintoni Laughing falcon, Herpetotheres cachinnans Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum:...