spheniscidae
Noun
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Comprising all existing penguins (synset 102058085)
is a type of: bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wingsmember holonym:
- penguin - short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers
- genus pygoscelis, pygoscelis - a genus of Spheniscidae
- aptenodytes, genus aptenodytes - large penguins
- genus spheniscus, spheniscus - type genus of the Spheniscidae: jackass penguins
- eudyptes, genus eudyptes - rock hoppers
belongs to: order sphenisciformes, sphenisciformes - penguinssame as: family spheniscidae
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