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