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    ALCIDAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc.play

    Synonyms:

    Alcidae; family Alcidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Alcidae" 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 "Alcidae"):

    auk (black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas)

    Alca; genus Alca (type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill)

    genus Plautus; Plautus (a genus of Alcidae)

    genus Pinguinus; Pinguinus (great auk)

    Cepphus; genus Cepphus (a genus of birds including: guillemots)

    genus Uria; Uria (murres)

    puffin (any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills)

    Fratercula; genus Fratercula; genus Lunda; Lunda (puffins)

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

    Charadriiformes; order Charadriiformes (large diverse order of aquatic birds found along seacoasts and inland waters: shorebirds and coastal diving birds; most feed on anima life)

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