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Definition of Family Alcidae
1. Noun. Web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc..
Exact synonyms: Alcidae
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Charadriiformes, Order Charadriiformes
Member holonyms: Auk, Alca, Genus Alca, Genus Plautus, Plautus, Genus Pinguinus, Pinguinus, Cepphus, Genus Cepphus, Genus Uria, Uria, Puffin, Fratercula, Genus Fratercula, Genus Lunda, Lunda
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Charadriiformes, Order Charadriiformes
Member holonyms: Auk, Alca, Genus Alca, Genus Plautus, Plautus, Genus Pinguinus, Pinguinus, Cepphus, Genus Cepphus, Genus Uria, Uria, Puffin, Fratercula, Genus Fratercula, Genus Lunda, Lunda
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Alcidae
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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