PELECANIFORMES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pelecaniformes mean? 

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

1. pelicans; frigate birds; gannets; cormorants

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PELECANIFORMES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pelicans; frigate birds; gannets; cormorants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

order Pelecaniformes; Pelecaniformes

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Pelecaniformes"):

family Pelecanidae; Pelecanidae (pelicans)

family Fregatidae; Fregatidae (frigate birds)

family Sulidae; Sulidae (gannets and boobies)

family Phalacrocoracidae; Phalacrocoracidae (cormorants)

Anhingidae; family Anhingidae (snakebirds)

family Phaethontidae; Phaethontidae (tropicbirds)

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

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