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SULIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gannets and boobies

Synonyms:

family Sulidae; Sulidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Sulidae" 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 "Sulidae"):

gannet (large heavily built seabird with a long stout bill noted for its plunging dives for fish)

genus Sula; Sula (type genus of the Sulidae)

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

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

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