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Alcidae

noun

web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc.

• Hypernyms: ↑bird family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Charadriiformes, ↑order Charadriiformes

• Member Meronyms:

↑auk, ↑Alca, ↑genus Alca, ↑Plautus, ↑genus Plautus, ↑Pinguinus, ↑genus Pinguinus, ↑Cepphus, ↑genus Cepphus, ↑Uria, ↑genus Uria, ↑puffin, ↑Fratercula, ↑genus Fratercula, ↑Lunda, ↑genus Lunda

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\\ˈalsəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

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

: a family of diving birds (order Charadriiformes) having short wings and tail, webbed feet, a large head and heavy body, and thick compact plumage, being confined to the northern parts of the northern hemisphere, and including the auks, puffins, guillemots, murres, and related forms

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Alcidae /alˈsi-dē/

plural noun

The auk family

ORIGIN: New L

Useful english dictionary. 2012.