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SUBFAMILY MERGINAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mergansers and closely related diving birds
Synonyms:
Merginae; subfamily Merginae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("subfamily Merginae" 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 "subfamily Merginae"):
genus Mergus; Mergus (mergansers)
genus Lophodytes; Lophodytes (a genus of Merginae)
Holonyms ("subfamily Merginae" is a member of...):
Anatidae; family Anatidae (swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks)
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