Definition of Family Pelecanoididae

1. Noun. Diving petrels.

Exact synonyms: Pelecanoididae
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Order Procellariiformes, Procellariiformes
Member holonyms: Diving Petrel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Pelecanoididae

family Panorpidae
family Papaveraceae
family Papilionacea
family Paradisaeidae
family Paridae
family Parkeriaceae
family Parmeliaceae
family Parulidae
family Patellidae
family Pectinidae
family Pedaliaceae
family Pediculidae
family Pelecanidae
family Pelecanoididae (current term)
family Pelobatidae
family Pempheridae
family Peneidae
family Pennatulidae
family Peramelidae
family Percidae
family Percophidae
family Peridiniidae
family Peripatidae
family Peripatopsidae
family Peronosporaceae
family Pertusariaceae
family Petromyzontidae
family Pezizaceae

Literary usage of Family Pelecanoididae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1921)
"... the family Pelecanoididae (/oc. cit., p. 342) contains the statement, since universally accepted, that the "second" priman»' is slightly the longest. ..."

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