FAMILY SULIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Sulidae mean? 

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

1. gannets and boobies

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY SULIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gannets and boobies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Sulidae; Sulidae

Hypernyms ("family 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 "family 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 ("family Sulidae" is a member of...):

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