noun
web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc.
• Syn: ↑Alcidae
• 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
Useful english dictionary. 2012.