FAMILY GAVIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Loon family

Synonyms:

family Gavidae; Gavidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Gavidae" 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 Gavidae"):

Gavia; genus Gavia (type genus of the Gavidae: loons)

Holonyms ("family Gavidae" is a member of...):

Gaviiformes; order Gaviiformes (large aquatic birds: loons and some extinct forms)