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Pelecanidae

noun

pelicans

• Syn: ↑family Pelecanidae

• Hypernyms: ↑bird family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Pelecaniformes, ↑order Pelecaniformes

• Member Meronyms: ↑pelican, ↑Pelecanus, ↑genus Pelecanus

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\\ˌpeləˈkanəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

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

: a family formerly held to be nearly coextensive with Pelecaniformes but now restricted to the pelicans and constituting with the boobies, cormorants, and snakebirds a suborder of Pelecaniformes

Useful english dictionary. 2012.