Definition of Family Phalacrocoracidae

1. Noun. Cormorants.

Exact synonyms: Phalacrocoracidae
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Order Pelecaniformes, Pelecaniformes
Member holonyms: Genus Phalacrocorax, Phalacrocorax

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Phalacrocoracidae

family Pelobatidae
family Pempheridae
family Peneidae
family Pennatulidae
family Peramelidae
family Percidae
family Percophidae
family Peridiniidae
family Peripatidae
family Peripatopsidae
family Peronosporaceae
family Pertusariaceae
family Petromyzontidae
family Pezizaceae
family Phaethontidae
family Phalacrocoracidae (current term)
family Phalangeridae
family Phalangiidae
family Phalaropidae
family Phallaceae
family Phasianidae
family Phasmatidae
family Phasmidae
family Phillidae
family Phocidae
family Phoenicopteridae
family Phoeniculidae
family Pholadidae
family Pholidae
family Pholididae

Literary usage of Family Phalacrocoracidae

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

1. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"Family PHALACROCORACIDAE. Cormorants have a more bulky body than do the Anhingas; their tail is shorter and the bill strongly hooked ..."

2. Geology of New Jersey by New Jersey Geological Survey, George Hammell Cook (1868)
"Fly in quite large flocks, and frequent rocky sea-boards, resting upon the rocks when not fishing. Never seen in the bays. family Phalacrocoracidae. ..."

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