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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within theorder Suliformes —gannets andboobies .
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But before too long we got to sentences like, "Fulmars are more robust than Shearwaters," and I couldn't help but thinking this was all a complex world-building sort of scheme, where the Procellariidae were in contention with the Sulidae for the Emperor's ear.
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Their nearest relatives are the gannets and boobies (Sulidae) and the anhingas or darters (Anhingidae).
Archive 2002-05-01 John L. Trapp 2002
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Their nearest relatives are the gannets and boobies (Sulidae) and the anhingas or darters (Anhingidae).
BIRDS ETCETERA—Birds, Birding, Birders, and Birdwatching John L. Trapp 2002
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Sulidae: Large pointed bill, large head, long pointed wings and tail, throat patch, long neck, black and white or brown and white, brightly colored feet, legs, and bill, indicate fish.
Chapter 8 1983
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Those are the seabirds in the Sula genus part of the Sulidae family.
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Those are the seabirds in the Sula genus part of the Sulidae family.
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The breeding distribution and status of Abbott’s Booby (Sulidae: Papasula abbotti) on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean.
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"Gannets are seabirds in the family Sulidae, closely related to the boobies.
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