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FAMILY DIOMEDEIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Albatrosses
Synonyms:
Diomedeidae; family Diomedeidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Diomedeidae" is a kind of...):
bird family (a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)
Meronyms (members of "family Diomedeidae"):
albatross; mollymawk (large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight)
genus Diomedea (type of the Diomedeidae)
Holonyms ("family Diomedeidae" is a member of...):
order Procellariiformes; Procellariiformes (petrels; albatrosses; shearwaters; diving petrels)
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