Definition of Family Alcidae

1. Noun. Web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc..


Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Alcidae

family Adelgidae
family Adiantaceae
family Aegypiidae
family Aepyornidae
family Agamidae
family Agaricaceae
family Agavaceae
family Agonidae
family Ailuropodidae
family Aizoaceae
family Akeridae
family Alaudidae
family Albuginaceae
family Albulidae
family Alcedinidae
family Alcidae (current term)
family Aleyrodidae
family Alismataceae
family Alliaceae
family Alligatoridae
family Allioniaceae
family Aloeaceae
family Alopiidae
family Alstroemeriaceae
family Amaranthaceae
family Amaryllidaceae
family Ambrosiaceae
family Ambystomatidae
family Ameiuridae
family Amiidae

Literary usage of Family Alcidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ecology and Conservation of the Marbled Murrelet by C. John Ralph (1997)
"Chapter 3 Comparative Reproductive Ecology of the Auks (family Alcidae) with ... The family Alcidae is composed of 22 living species of marine diving birds ..."

2. The Birds of Maine: With Key to and Description of the Various Species Known by Ora Willis Knight (1908)
"Grebes. B. Toes webbed but not lobed. 1. Toes four in number — Family Gaviidae. Loons. 2. Toes three in number — family Alcidae. Auks, Murres and Puffins. ..."

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