FAMILY PHALACROCORACIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Phalacrocoracidae mean? 

• FAMILY PHALACROCORACIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY PHALACROCORACIDAE has 1 sense:

1. cormorants

  Familiarity information: FAMILY PHALACROCORACIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY PHALACROCORACIDAE (noun)

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Meaning:

Cormorants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Phalacrocoracidae; Phalacrocoracidae

Hypernyms ("family Phalacrocoracidae" 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 Phalacrocoracidae"):

genus Phalacrocorax; Phalacrocorax (type genus: coextensive with the family Phalacrocoracidae)

Holonyms ("family Phalacrocoracidae" is a member of...):

order Pelecaniformes; Pelecaniformes (pelicans; frigate birds; gannets; cormorants)