family alcidae

1. 1.

   web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc.

   SynonymsAlcidae

   Broaderbird family

   Part ofCharadriiformes

Questions about family alcidae

What does family alcidae mean?

family alcidae means "web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc.".

What is another word for family alcidae?

Close synonyms include Alcidae. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is family alcidae a common word?

family alcidae is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.