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    FAMILY SPHENISCIDAE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Comprising all existing penguinsplay

    Synonyms:

    family Spheniscidae; Spheniscidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("family Spheniscidae" 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 Spheniscidae"):

    penguin (short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers)

    genus Pygoscelis; Pygoscelis (a genus of Spheniscidae)

    Aptenodytes; genus Aptenodytes (large penguins)

    genus Spheniscus; Spheniscus (type genus of the Spheniscidae: jackass penguins)

    Eudyptes; genus Eudyptes (rock hoppers)

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

    order Sphenisciformes; Sphenisciformes (penguins)

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