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Definition of Family Sulidae
1. Noun. Gannets and boobies.
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Order Pelecaniformes, Pelecaniformes
Member holonyms: Gannet, Genus Sula, Sula
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Sulidae
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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