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    FAMILY GAVIDAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Loon familyplay

    Synonyms:

    family Gavidae; Gavidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("family Gavidae" 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 "family Gavidae"):

    Gavia; genus Gavia (type genus of the Gavidae: loons)

    Holonyms ("family Gavidae" is a member of...):

    Gaviiformes; order Gaviiformes (large aquatic birds: loons and some extinct forms)

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