Definition of Family Sulidae

1. Noun. Gannets and boobies.

Exact synonyms: Sulidae
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Order Pelecaniformes, Pelecaniformes
Member holonyms: Gannet, Genus Sula, Sula

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Sulidae

family Stenopelmatidae
family Stercorariidae
family Sterculiaceae
family Stichaeidae
family Stizidae
family Strelitziaceae
family Streptomycetaceae
family Strigidae
family Stromateidae
family Strombidae
family Strophariaceae
family Struthionidae
family Sturnidae
family Styracaceae
family Suidae
family Sulidae (current term)
family Sylviidae
family Symplocaceae
family Synchytriaceae
family Syngnathidae
family Synodontidae
family Tabanidae
family Taccaceae
family Tachinidae
family Tachyglossidae
family Taeniidae
family Talpidae
family Tamaricaceae
family Tapiridae
family Tarsiidae

Literary usage of Family Sulidae

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

1. The Birds of Maine: With Key to and Description of the Various Species Known by Ora Willis Knight (1908)
"family Sulidae. Gannets. B. Bill distinctly hooked. 1. Bill more than 12 inches long with a large pouch underneath. Family Pelecanidae. Pelicans. 2. ..."

2. The Bird Book: Illustrating in Natural Colors More Than Seven Hundred North by Chester Albert Reed (1914)
"Family SULIDAE Gannets are large stoutly built birds, having the four toes joined by a web, they have a small naked pouch beneath the bill; ..."

3. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"Family SULIDAE. Gannets are large stoutly built birds, having the four toes joined by a web; they have a small naked pouch beneath the bill; ..."

4. Geology of New Jersey by New Jersey Geological Survey, George Hammell Cook (1868)
"... and has seen one mounted specimen said to have been killed near Tuckerton. family Sulidae. " Gannets. ..."

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