| NOUN | animal | Apterygiformes, order Apterygiformes | a ratite bird order |
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| Meaning | A ratite bird order: flightless ground birds having vestigial wings and long bills and small eyes: kiwis. | |
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| Synonym | order Apterygiformes | |
| Member of | Aves, class Aves | (ornithology) the class of birds |
| Members | Apterygidae, family Apterygidae | coextensive with the order Apterygiformes |
| Broader | animal order | The order of animals |
| Spanish | apterigiformes, Apterygiformes | |
| Catalan | apterigiformes | |
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