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Definition of Spheniscidae
1. Noun. Comprising all existing penguins.
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Order Sphenisciformes, Sphenisciformes
Member holonyms: Penguin, Genus Pygoscelis, Pygoscelis, Aptenodytes, Genus Aptenodytes, Genus Spheniscus, Spheniscus, Eudyptes, Genus Eudyptes
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spheniscidae
Literary usage of Spheniscidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1869)
"Other genera included in the spheniscidae, ... are ornamented with singularly
modified feathers, chiefly about the head. Many spheniscidae, and most ..."
2. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1888)
"... and spheniscidae, and moreover to arrive at a possible explanation of the
phylogenesis of the rémiges from a general point of view. ..."
3. Catalogueby Colorado State Library by Colorado State Library (1884)
"spheniscidae (Penguins), Anatomy of the. Watson, M. (In "Challenger," HMS, Voyage
of—Zoology, v. 7) 4°. 1883 С 340 SPIELHAGEN, FRIEDRICH. ..."
4. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederic Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1899)
"The metatarsus is short, stout, and compressed, that of Fregata being extremely
abbreviated, as in the spheniscidae; it is entirely covered with hexagonal ..."
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