APTERYGIFORMES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Apterygiformes mean? 

• APTERYGIFORMES (noun)
  The noun APTERYGIFORMES has 1 sense:

1. a ratite bird order: flightless ground birds having vestigial wings and long bills and small eyes: kiwis

  Familiarity information: APTERYGIFORMES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• APTERYGIFORMES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A ratite bird order: flightless ground birds having vestigial wings and long bills and small eyes: kiwis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Apterygiformes; order Apterygiformes

Hypernyms ("Apterygiformes" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Apterygiformes"):

Apterygidae; family Apterygidae (coextensive with the order Apterygiformes)

Holonyms ("Apterygiformes" is a member of...):

Aves; class Aves ((ornithology) the class of birds)