GAVIIFORM SEABIRD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gaviiform seabird mean? 

• GAVIIFORM SEABIRD (noun)
  The noun GAVIIFORM SEABIRD has 1 sense:

1. seabirds of the order Gaviiformes

  Familiarity information: GAVIIFORM SEABIRD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GAVIIFORM SEABIRD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Seabirds of the order Gaviiformes

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("gaviiform seabird" is a kind of...):

sea bird; seabird; seafowl (a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc.)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gaviiform seabird"):

diver; loon (large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back; related to the grebes)

Holonyms ("gaviiform seabird" is a member of...):

Gaviiformes; order Gaviiformes (large aquatic birds: loons and some extinct forms)