ORDER GAVIIFORMES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does order Gaviiformes mean? 

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

1. large aquatic birds: loons and some extinct forms

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORDER GAVIIFORMES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large aquatic birds: loons and some extinct forms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Gaviiformes; order Gaviiformes

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "order Gaviiformes"):

gaviiform seabird (seabirds of the order Gaviiformes)

family Gavidae; Gavidae (loon family)

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

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