COLYMBIFORMES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Colymbiformes mean? 

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

1. grebes

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLYMBIFORMES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Grebes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Colymbiformes; order Colymbiformes; order Podicipediformes; order Podicipitiformes; Podicipediformes; Podicipitiformes

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Colymbiformes"):

podicipitiform seabird (aquatic birds related to the loons)

family Podicipedidae; Podicipedidae (coextensive with the order Podicipitiformes)

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

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