PODICIPITIFORM SEABIRD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does podicipitiform seabird mean? 

• PODICIPITIFORM SEABIRD (noun)
  The noun PODICIPITIFORM SEABIRD has 1 sense:

1. aquatic birds related to the loons

  Familiarity information: PODICIPITIFORM SEABIRD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PODICIPITIFORM SEABIRD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Aquatic birds related to the loons

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("podicipitiform seabird" is a kind of...):

sea bird; seabird; seafowl (a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc.)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "podicipitiform seabird"):

grebe (small compact-bodied almost completely aquatic bird that builds floating nests; similar to loons but smaller and with lobate rather than webbed feet)

Holonyms ("podicipitiform seabird" is a member of...):

Colymbiformes; order Colymbiformes; order Podicipediformes; order Podicipitiformes; Podicipediformes; Podicipitiformes (grebes)