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Pelecaniformes

noun

pelicans; frigate birds; gannets; cormorants

• Syn: ↑order Pelecaniformes

• Hypernyms: ↑animal order

• Member Holonyms: ↑Aves, ↑class Aves

• Member Meronyms:

↑Pelecanidae, ↑family Pelecanidae, ↑Fregatidae, ↑family Fregatidae, ↑Sulidae, ↑family Sulidae, ↑Phalacrocoracidae, ↑family Phalacrocoracidae, ↑Anhingidae, ↑family Anhingidae, ↑Phaethontidae, ↑family Phaethontidae

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈfȯrˌmēz\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Pelecanus + -iformes

: an order of swimming birds having all four toes united by a broad web and including the pelicans, gannets, cormorants, tropic birds, snakebirds, and frigate birds

Useful english dictionary. 2012.