Associations to the word «Spheniscidae»

Wiktionary

SPHENISCIDAE, proper noun. A taxonomic family within the order Sphenisciformes   — the penguins.

Dictionary definition

SPHENISCIDAE, noun. Comprising all existing penguins.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats