Definition of Spheniscidae

1. Noun. Comprising all existing penguins.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Spheniscidae

Sphaeralcea coccinea
Sphaeralcea fasciculata
Sphaeralcea remota
Sphaeriaceae
Sphaerobolaceae
Sphaerocarpaceae
Sphaerocarpales
Sphaerocarpos
Sphaerocarpus
Sphagnales
Sphecidae
Sphecius
Sphecius speciosis
Sphecoidea
Sphecotheres
Spheniscidae
Sphenisciformes
Spheniscus
Spheniscus demersus
Sphenodon punctatum
Sphenopsida
Sphingian
Sphingidae
Sphinx
Sphynx
Sphyraena
Sphyraena barracuda
Sphyraenidae
Sphyrapicus
Sphyrapicus varius

Literary usage of Spheniscidae

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

1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1869)
"Other genera included in the spheniscidae, ... are ornamented with singularly modified feathers, chiefly about the head. Many spheniscidae, and most ..."

2. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1888)
"... and spheniscidae, and moreover to arrive at a possible explanation of the phylogenesis of the rémiges from a general point of view. ..."

3. Catalogueby Colorado State Library by Colorado State Library (1884)
"spheniscidae (Penguins), Anatomy of the. Watson, M. (In "Challenger," HMS, Voyage of—Zoology, v. 7) 4°. 1883 С 340 SPIELHAGEN, FRIEDRICH. ..."

4. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederic Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1899)
"The metatarsus is short, stout, and compressed, that of Fregata being extremely abbreviated, as in the spheniscidae; it is entirely covered with hexagonal ..."

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