STRUTHIONIFORMES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Struthioniformes mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRUTHIONIFORMES (noun)

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Struthioniformes"):

family Struthionidae; Struthionidae (tall terrestrial birds: ostriches)

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

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