Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Spheniscidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Sphenisciformes – the penguins.

Hyponyms

• (family): Aptenodytes, Eudyptes, Eudyptula, Megadyptes, Pygoscelis, Spheniscus - genera

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276