SPHENISCIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Spheniscidae mean? 

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

1. comprising all existing penguins

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPHENISCIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Comprising all existing penguins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Spheniscidae; Spheniscidae

Hypernyms ("Spheniscidae" 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 "Spheniscidae"):

penguin (short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers)

genus Pygoscelis; Pygoscelis (a genus of Spheniscidae)

Aptenodytes; genus Aptenodytes (large penguins)

genus Spheniscus; Spheniscus (type genus of the Spheniscidae: jackass penguins)

Eudyptes; genus Eudyptes (rock hoppers)

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

order Sphenisciformes; Sphenisciformes (penguins)