Alcidae
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Alcidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Charadriiformes – the auks, murres, guillemots, auklets, puffins, and murrelets.
Hypernyms[edit]
- (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Reptilia - class; Aves - subclass; Neognathae - infraclass; Neoaves - superorder; Charadriiformes - order; Alcae - suborder
Hyponyms[edit]
genera
- Aethia (some auklets)
- Alca (razorbill)
- Alle (little auk)
- Brachyramphus (some murrelets)
- Cepphus (true guillemots)
- Cerorhinca (rhinoceros auklet)
- Fratercula (puffins)
- †Pinguinus (great auk) (extinct)
- Ptychoramphus (some auklets)
- Synthliboramphus (some murrelets)
- Uria (some guillemots)
References[edit]
Auk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Alcidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Alcidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN