HyperDic: order_apterygiformes

English > 1 sense of the expression order Apterygiformes:
NOUNanimalorder Apterygiformes, Apterygiformesa ratite bird order
English > order Apterygiformes: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningA ratite bird order: flightless ground birds having vestigial wings and long bills and small eyes: kiwis.
SynonymApterygiformes
Member ofAves, class Aves(ornithology) the class of birds
MembersApterygidae, family Apterygidaecoextensive with the order Apterygiformes
Broaderanimal orderThe order of animals
Spanishapterigiformes, Apterygiformes
Catalanapterigiformes

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