FALCONIFORMES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Falconiformes mean? 

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

1. chiefly diurnal carnivorous birds having hooked beaks and long talons with opposable hind toe: falcons; hawks; eagles; ospreys; caracaras; vultures

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FALCONIFORMES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chiefly diurnal carnivorous birds having hooked beaks and long talons with opposable hind toe: falcons; hawks; eagles; ospreys; caracaras; vultures

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Falconiformes; order Falconiformes

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Falconiformes"):

Accipitridae; family Accipitridae (hawks; Old World vultures; kites; harriers; eagles)

Falconidae; family Falconidae (a family of birds of the order Falconiformes)

family Pandionidae; Pandionidae (ospreys)

family Sagittariidae; Sagittariidae (secretary birds)

Cathartidae; family Cathartidae (condors; turkey buzzards; king vultures)

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

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