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SPHENISCIFORM SEABIRD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Flightless cold-water seabirds: penguins
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sphenisciform seabird" is a kind of...):
sea bird; seabird; seafowl (a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc.)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sphenisciform seabird"):
penguin (short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers)
Holonyms ("sphenisciform seabird" is a member of...):
order Sphenisciformes; Sphenisciformes (penguins)