spheniscidae
English Thesaurus
1. comprising all existing penguins (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 | : | penguin, |
| definition | : | short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | genus pygoscelis, pygoscelis, |
| definition | : | a genus of Spheniscidae (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | aptenodytes, genus aptenodytes, |
| definition | : | large penguins (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | genus spheniscus, spheniscus, |
| definition | : | type genus of the Spheniscidae: jackass penguins (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | eudyptes, genus eudyptes, |
| definition | : | rock hoppers (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | order sphenisciformes, sphenisciformes, |
| definition | : | penguins (noun.animal) |
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