PODICIPEDIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Podicipedidae mean? 

• PODICIPEDIDAE (noun)
  The noun PODICIPEDIDAE has 1 sense:

1. coextensive with the order Podicipitiformes

  Familiarity information: PODICIPEDIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PODICIPEDIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coextensive with the order Podicipitiformes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Podicipedidae; Podicipedidae

Hypernyms ("Podicipedidae" 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 "Podicipedidae"):

genus Podiceps; Podiceps (type genus of the Podicipedidae: grebes)

genus Podilymbus; Podilymbus (a genus of Podicipedidae)

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

Colymbiformes; order Colymbiformes; order Podicipediformes; order Podicipitiformes; Podicipediformes; Podicipitiformes (grebes)