phalacrocoracidae

English Thesaurus

1. cormorants (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	:	genus phalacrocorax, phalacrocorax,
definition	:	type genus: coextensive with the family Phalacrocoracidae (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	order pelecaniformes, pelecaniformes,
definition	:	pelicans; frigate birds; gannets; cormorants (noun.animal)