TINAMIFORMES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tinamiformes mean? 

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

1. coextensive with the family Tinamidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TINAMIFORMES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coextensive with the family Tinamidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

order Tinamiformes; Tinamiformes

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Tinamiformes"):

family Tinamidae; Tinamidae (comprising the tinamous)

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

Ratitae; superorder Ratitae (used in former classifications to include all ratite bird orders)