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PELECANIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pelecanidae mean?
• PELECANIDAE (noun)
The noun PELECANIDAE has 1 sense:
1. pelicans
Familiarity information: PELECANIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pelicans
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Pelecanidae; Pelecanidae
Hypernyms ("Pelecanidae" 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 "Pelecanidae"):
pelican (large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish)
genus Pelecanus; Pelecanus (type genus of the Pelecanidae)
Holonyms ("Pelecanidae" is a member of...):
order Pelecaniformes; Pelecaniformes (pelicans; frigate birds; gannets; cormorants)
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