Definition of spheniscidae Spheniscidae
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What does spheniscidae mean?
WordNet
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| spheniscidae - comprising all existing penguins | ||
| family Spheniscidae | ||
| bird family a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings | ||
| order sphenisciformes, sphenisciformes penguins | ||
| 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 | ||
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Part of speech
🔤- spheniscidae, noun, singular of spheniscidaes.
