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Gulls or seagulls[1][2] are seabirds of the family Laridae in the sub-order Lari. They are most closely related to the terns (family Sternidae) and only distantly related to auks, skimmers, and more distantly to the waders. Until the twenty-first century most gulls were placed in the genus Larus, but this arrangement is now known to be polyphyletic, leading to the resurrection of several genera.[3] An older name for gulls is mew, cognate with German MÃ¶we, Danish mÃ¥ge, Dutch meeuw and French mouette; this term can still be found in certain regional dialects.[4][5][6]

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