PSITTACIFORMES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Psittaciformes mean? 

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

1. an order of birds including parrots and amazons and cockatoos and lorikeets and lories and macaws and parakeets

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PSITTACIFORMES (noun)

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Meaning:

An order of birds including parrots and amazons and cockatoos and lorikeets and lories and macaws and parakeets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

order Psittaciformes; Psittaciformes

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Psittaciformes"):

parrot (usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds)

family Psittacidae; Psittacidae (coextensive with the order Psittaciformes)

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

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