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    PELECANIDAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Pelicansplay

    Synonyms:

    family Pelecanidae; Pelecanidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Pelecanidae" 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 "Pelecanidae"):

    pelican (large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish)

    genus Pelecanus; Pelecanus (type genus of the Pelecanidae)

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

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

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