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ORDER CUCULIFORMES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does order Cuculiformes mean? 

ORDER CUCULIFORMES (noun)
  The noun ORDER CUCULIFORMES has 1 sense:

1. cuckoos; touracos; etc.play

  Familiarity information: ORDER CUCULIFORMES used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ORDER CUCULIFORMES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Cuckoos; touracos; etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cuculiformes; order Cuculiformes

Hypernyms ("order Cuculiformes" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "order Cuculiformes"):

cuculiform bird (birds having zygodactyl feet (except for the touracos))

Cuculidae; family Cuculidae (includes cuckoo; ani; roadrunner)

family Musophagidae; Musophagidae (touracos)

Holonyms ("order Cuculiformes" is a member of...):

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


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