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SULIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Sulidae mean?
• SULIDAE (noun)
The noun SULIDAE has 1 sense:
1. gannets and boobies
Familiarity information: SULIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gannets and boobies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Sulidae; Sulidae
Hypernyms ("Sulidae" 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 "Sulidae"):
gannet (large heavily built seabird with a long stout bill noted for its plunging dives for fish)
genus Sula; Sula (type genus of the Sulidae)
Holonyms ("Sulidae" is a member of...):
order Pelecaniformes; Pelecaniformes (pelicans; frigate birds; gannets; cormorants)
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