ORDER DINORNITHIFORMES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does order Dinornithiformes mean? 

• ORDER DINORNITHIFORMES (noun)
  The noun ORDER DINORNITHIFORMES has 1 sense:

1. a ratite bird order: recently extinct flightless birds of New Zealand

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORDER DINORNITHIFORMES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A ratite bird order: recently extinct flightless birds of New Zealand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Dinornithiformes; order Dinornithiformes

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "order Dinornithiformes"):

Dinornithidae; family Dinornithidae (moas)

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

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