STERCORARIIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Stercorariidae mean? 

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

1. jaegers and skuas:

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• STERCORARIIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Jaegers and skuas:

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Stercorariidae; Stercorariidae

Hypernyms ("Stercorariidae" 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 "Stercorariidae"):

jaeger (rapacious seabird that pursues weaker birds to make them drop their prey)

genus Stercorarius; Stercorarius (type genus of the Stercorariidae: jaegers)

Catharacta; genus Catharacta (skuas)

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

Lari; suborder Lari (gulls; terns; jaegers; skimmers)