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FAMILY ALCIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc.
Synonyms:
Alcidae; family Alcidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Alcidae" is a kind of...):
bird family (a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)
Meronyms (members of "family Alcidae"):
auk (black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas)
Alca; genus Alca (type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill)
genus Plautus; Plautus (a genus of Alcidae)
genus Pinguinus; Pinguinus (great auk)
Cepphus; genus Cepphus (a genus of birds including: guillemots)
genus Uria; Uria (murres)
puffin (any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills)
Fratercula; genus Fratercula; genus Lunda; Lunda (puffins)
Holonyms ("family Alcidae" is a member of...):
Charadriiformes; order Charadriiformes (large diverse order of aquatic birds found along seacoasts and inland waters: shorebirds and coastal diving birds; most feed on anima life)
