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Spheniscidae

noun

comprising all existing penguins

• Syn: ↑family Spheniscidae

• Hypernyms: ↑bird family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Sphenisciformes, ↑order Sphenisciformes

• Member Meronyms:

↑penguin, ↑Pygoscelis, ↑genus Pygoscelis, ↑Aptenodytes, ↑genus Aptenodytes, ↑Spheniscus, ↑genus Spheniscus, ↑Eudyptes, ↑genus Eudyptes

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\\sfə̇ˈnisəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Spheniscus, type genus + -idae

: a family of birds (order Sphenisciformes) containing all the existing penguins

Useful english dictionary. 2012.