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FAMILY STERCORARIIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Jaegers and skuas:

Synonyms:

family Stercorariidae; Stercorariidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Stercorariidae" 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 Stercorariidae"):

jaeger (rapacious seabird that pursues weaker birds to make them drop their prey)

genus Stercorarius; Stercorarius (type genus of the Stercorariidae: jaegers)

Catharacta; genus Catharacta (skuas)

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

Lari; suborder Lari (gulls; terns; jaegers; skimmers)

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