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FAMILY GAVIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Gavidae mean?
• FAMILY GAVIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY GAVIDAE has 1 sense:
1. loon family
Familiarity information: FAMILY GAVIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Loon family
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Gavidae; Gavidae
Hypernyms ("family Gavidae" 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 "family Gavidae"):
Gavia; genus Gavia (type genus of the Gavidae: loons)
Holonyms ("family Gavidae" is a member of...):
Gaviiformes; order Gaviiformes (large aquatic birds: loons and some extinct forms)
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