family Spheniscidae

Thesaurus

Noun

1.family Spheniscidae - comprising all existing penguins Spheniscidaebird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wingsorder Sphenisciformes, Sphenisciformes - penguinspenguin - short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippersgenus Pygoscelis, Pygoscelis - a genus of SpheniscidaeAptenodytes, genus Aptenodytes - large penguinsgenus Spheniscus, Spheniscus - type genus of the Spheniscidae: jackass penguinsEudyptes, genus Eudyptes - rock hoppers