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SULA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Sulidae

Synonyms:

genus Sula; Sula

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Sula" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Sula"):

solan; solan goose; solant goose; Sula bassana (very large white gannet with black wing tips)

booby (small tropical gannet having a bright bill or bright feet or both)

Holonyms ("Sula" is a member of...):

family Sulidae; Sulidae (gannets and boobies)

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