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ORDER STRUTHIONIFORMES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does order Struthioniformes mean? 

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

1. a ratite bird order: ostriches and related extinct birds; known from the Pleistocene onwardplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


ORDER STRUTHIONIFORMES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A ratite bird order: ostriches and related extinct birds; known from the Pleistocene onward

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

order Struthioniformes; Struthioniformes

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "order Struthioniformes"):

family Struthionidae; Struthionidae (tall terrestrial birds: ostriches)

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

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


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