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FRATERCULA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Puffins

Synonyms:

Fratercula; genus Fratercula

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Fratercula" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Fratercula"):

Atlantic puffin; Fratercula arctica (common puffin of the northern Atlantic)

Fratercula corniculata; horned puffin (northern Pacific puffin)

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

Alcidae; family Alcidae (web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc.)

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