noun
coextensive with the order Podicipitiformes
• Syn: ↑family Podicipedidae
• Hypernyms: ↑bird family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Podicipitiformes, ↑order Podicipitiformes, ↑Podicipediformes, ↑order Podicipediformes, ↑Colymbiformes, ↑order Colymbiformes
• Member Meronyms: ↑Podiceps, ↑genus Podiceps, ↑Podilymbus, ↑genus Podilymbus
Useful english dictionary. 2012.