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(Stercorariidoe), a family of 7 species of swimming birds closely related to Gulls, with upper mandible of bealc longer than under, and strongly hooked at the tip; strong crooked claws and completely webbed toes. They are large, predaceous marine birds, which feed on fish, smaller birds, and carrion. They occur on all the oceans, but are absent from a great part of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. S (4/6) s (4/6)