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GAVIIFORMES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Gaviiformes mean?
• GAVIIFORMES (noun)
The noun GAVIIFORMES has 1 sense:
1. large aquatic birds: loons and some extinct forms
Familiarity information: GAVIIFORMES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large aquatic birds: loons and some extinct forms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Gaviiformes; order Gaviiformes
Hypernyms ("Gaviiformes" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Gaviiformes"):
gaviiform seabird (seabirds of the order Gaviiformes)
family Gavidae; Gavidae (loon family)
Holonyms ("Gaviiformes" is a member of...):
Aves; class Aves ((ornithology) the class of birds)
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