SUBFAMILY MERGINAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does subfamily Merginae mean? 

• SUBFAMILY MERGINAE (noun)
  The noun SUBFAMILY MERGINAE has 1 sense:

1. mergansers and closely related diving birds

  Familiarity information: SUBFAMILY MERGINAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBFAMILY MERGINAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mergansers and closely related diving birds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Merginae; subfamily Merginae

Hypernyms ("subfamily Merginae" 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 "subfamily Merginae"):

genus Mergus; Mergus (mergansers)

genus Lophodytes; Lophodytes (a genus of Merginae)

Holonyms ("subfamily Merginae" is a member of...):

Anatidae; family Anatidae (swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks)