gavidae

English Thesaurus

1. loon family (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	:	gavia, genus gavia,
definition	:	type genus of the Gavidae: loons (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	gaviiformes, order gaviiformes,
definition	:	large aquatic birds: loons and some extinct forms (noun.animal)