family podicipedidae

English Thesaurus

1. coextensive with the order Podicipitiformes (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 podiceps, podiceps,
definition	:	type genus of the Podicipedidae: grebes (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus podilymbus, podilymbus,
definition	:	a genus of Podicipedidae (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	colymbiformes, order colymbiformes, order podicipediformes, order podicipitiformes, podicipediformes, podicipitiformes,
definition	:	grebes (noun.animal)