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FAMILY PELECANIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Pelicans

Synonyms:

family Pelecanidae; Pelecanidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Pelecanidae" 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 Pelecanidae"):

pelican (large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish)

genus Pelecanus; Pelecanus (type genus of the Pelecanidae)

Holonyms ("family Pelecanidae" is a member of...):

order Pelecaniformes; Pelecaniformes (pelicans; frigate birds; gannets; cormorants)

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