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    FAMILY STERCORARIIDAE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Jaegers and skuas:play

    Synonyms:

    family Stercorariidae; Stercorariidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("family Stercorariidae" 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 Stercorariidae"):

    jaeger (rapacious seabird that pursues weaker birds to make them drop their prey)

    genus Stercorarius; Stercorarius (type genus of the Stercorariidae: jaegers)

    Catharacta; genus Catharacta (skuas)

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

    Lari; suborder Lari (gulls; terns; jaegers; skimmers)

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