gavia

English Thesaurus

1. type genus of the Gavidae: loons (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bird genus,
definition	:	a genus of birds (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	diver, loon,
definition	:	large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back; related to the grebes (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family gavidae, gavidae,
definition	:	loon family (noun.animal)