- family Phaethontidae
- nountropicbirds• Syn: ↑Phaethontidae• Hypernyms: ↑bird family• Member Holonyms: ↑Pelecaniformes, ↑order Pelecaniformes• Member Meronyms: ↑Phaethon, ↑genus Phaethon
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family Phaethontidae
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Phaethontidae — noun tropicbirds • Syn: ↑family Phaethontidae • Hypernyms: ↑bird family • Member Holonyms: ↑Pelecaniformes, ↑order Pelecaniformes • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
bird family — noun a family of warm blooded egg laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑Struthionidae, ↑family Struthionidae, ↑Casuaridae, ↑family Casuaridae, ↑Apterygidae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
pelecaniform — [pel΄ ə kan′ə fôrm΄] adj. of, or having the nature of, an order (Pelecaniformes) of swimming birds having all four toes connected in a webbed foot, including pelicans and cormorants * * * ▪ bird Introduction any of the relatively large and… … Universalium
order Pelecaniformes — noun pelicans; frigate birds; gannets; cormorants • Syn: ↑Pelecaniformes • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Aves, ↑class Aves • Member Meronyms … Useful english dictionary
Pelecaniformes — noun pelicans; frigate birds; gannets; cormorants • Syn: ↑order Pelecaniformes • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Aves, ↑class Aves • Member Meronyms … Useful english dictionary
Tropicbird — Taxobox name = Tropicbirds image caption = Red tailed Tropicbird ( Phaethon rubricauda ) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves infraclassis = Neognathae ordo = see text familia = Phaethontidae familia authority = Brandt, 1840 genus … Wikipedia
genus Phaethon — noun type genus of the Phaethontidae • Syn: ↑Phaethon • Hypernyms: ↑bird genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Phaethontidae, ↑family Phaethontidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Phaethon — noun 1. (Greek mythology) son of Helios; killed when trying to drive his father s chariot and came too close to earth • Topics: ↑Greek mythology • Instance Hypernyms: ↑Greek deity 2. type genus of the Phaethontidae • Syn: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
tropic bird — any of several web footed seabirds of the family Phaethontidae, chiefly of tropical seas, having white plumage with black markings and a pair of greatly elongated central tail feathers. Also, tropicbird. Also called boatswain bird. [1675 85] * *… … Universalium
List of birds in Canada and the United States — This list of birds in Canada and the United States is a comprehensive listing of all the bird species known from the North American continent north of Mexico as of July 2008.North American birds most closely resemble those of Eurasia, which was… … Wikipedia
