family alcidae
English Thesaurus
1. web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc. (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | bird family, |
| definition | : | a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | auk, |
| definition | : | black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | alca, genus alca, |
| definition | : | type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | cepphus, genus cepphus, |
| definition | : | a genus of birds including: guillemots (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | puffin, |
| definition | : | any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills (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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