English Dictionary

ORDER PODICIPEDIFORMES

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

 Dictionary entry overview: What does order Podicipediformes mean? 

ORDER PODICIPEDIFORMES (noun)
  The noun ORDER PODICIPEDIFORMES has 1 sense:

1. grebesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


ORDER PODICIPEDIFORMES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Grebes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

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

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "order Podicipediformes"):

podicipitiform seabird (aquatic birds related to the loons)

family Podicipedidae; Podicipedidae (coextensive with the order Podicipitiformes)

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

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


 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"Practice makes perfect." (English proverb)

"Even the water gets stale if it does not flow." (Albanian proverb)

"He who has health has hope; and he who has hope, has everything." (Arabic proverb)

"If you own two houses, it's raining in one of them." (Corsican proverb)



ALSO IN ENGLISH DICTIONARY:


© 2000-2023 AudioEnglish.org | AudioEnglish® is a Registered Trademark | Terms of use and privacy policy
Contact