coastal diving bird
English Thesaurus
1. gull family; skimmer family; jaeger family; auk family (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | sea bird, seabird, seafowl, |
| definition | : | a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc. (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | larid, |
| definition | : | long-winged web-footed aquatic bird of the gull family (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | skimmer, |
| definition | : | gull-like seabird that flies along the surface of the water with an elongated lower mandible immersed to skim out food (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | jaeger, |
| definition | : | rapacious seabird that pursues weaker birds to make them drop their prey (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | charadriiformes, order charadriiformes, |
| definition | : | large diverse order of aquatic birds found along seacoasts and inland waters: shorebirds and coastal diving birds; most feed on anima life (noun.animal) |
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