merginae

English Thesaurus

1. mergansers and closely related diving birds (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 mergus, mergus,
definition	:	mergansers (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus lophodytes, lophodytes,
definition	:	a genus of Merginae (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	anatidae, family anatidae,
definition	:	swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks (noun.animal)