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Sphenisciformes

noun

penguins

• Syn: ↑order Sphenisciformes

• Hypernyms: ↑animal order

• Member Holonyms: ↑Aves, ↑class Aves

• Member Meronyms: ↑Spheniscidae, ↑family Spheniscidae, ↑sphenisciform seabird

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\\ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈfȯr(ˌ)mēz\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Spheniscus + -iformes

: an order of flightless aquatic birds comprising the penguins

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Sphenisciformes /sfē-nis-i-förˈmēz/ plural noun

The penguin order of birds

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Main Entry: ↑sphene

Useful english dictionary. 2012.