APODIFORMES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Apodiformes mean? 

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

1. swifts; hummingbirds

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• APODIFORMES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Swifts; hummingbirds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Apodiformes; order Apodiformes

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Apodiformes"):

apodiform bird (nonpasserine bird having long wings and weak feet; spends much of its time in flight)

Apodidae; family Apodidae (swifts; in former classifications included in the order Coraciiformes)

family Hemiprocnidae; Hemiprocnidae (tree swifts)

family Trochilidae; Trochilidae (hummingbirds)

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

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