family Sulidae

family Sulidae
noun
gannets and boobies
Syn: ↑Sulidae
Hypernyms: ↑bird family
Member Holonyms: ↑Pelecaniformes, ↑order Pelecaniformes
Member Meronyms: ↑gannet, ↑Sula, ↑genus Sula

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