ORDER CAPRIMULGIFORMES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does order Caprimulgiformes mean? 

• ORDER CAPRIMULGIFORMES (noun)
  The noun ORDER CAPRIMULGIFORMES has 1 sense:

1. goatsuckers; frogmouths; oilbirds

  Familiarity information: ORDER CAPRIMULGIFORMES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORDER CAPRIMULGIFORMES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Goatsuckers; frogmouths; oilbirds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Caprimulgiformes; order Caprimulgiformes

Hypernyms ("order Caprimulgiformes" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "order Caprimulgiformes"):

caprimulgiform bird (long-winged nonpasserine birds)

Caprimulgidae; family Caprimulgidae (goatsuckers)

family Podargidae; Podargidae (frogmouths)

family Steatornithidae; Steatornithidae (oilbirds)

Holonyms ("order Caprimulgiformes" is a member of...):

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