gavia

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

gāvĭa, ae, f. (=λάρος),

a bird , perh. the seamew , Plin. 10, 32, 48, § 91; 10, 74, 95, § 204; Ap. Met. 5, 28, 4.