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    FAMILY SULIDAE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Gannets and boobiesplay

    Synonyms:

    family Sulidae; Sulidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("family Sulidae" 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 Sulidae"):

    gannet (large heavily built seabird with a long stout bill noted for its plunging dives for fish)

    genus Sula; Sula (type genus of the Sulidae)

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

    order Pelecaniformes; Pelecaniformes (pelicans; frigate birds; gannets; cormorants)

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