family stercorariidae

English Thesaurus

1. jaegers and skuas: (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bird family,
definition	:	a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	jaeger,
definition	:	rapacious seabird that pursues weaker birds to make them drop their prey (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus stercorarius, stercorarius,
definition	:	type genus of the Stercorariidae: jaegers (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	catharacta, genus catharacta,
definition	:	skuas (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	lari, suborder lari,
definition	:	gulls; terns; jaegers; skimmers (noun.animal)