ORDER SPHENISCIFORMES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does order Sphenisciformes mean? 

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

1. penguins

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORDER SPHENISCIFORMES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Penguins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

order Sphenisciformes; Sphenisciformes

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "order Sphenisciformes"):

family Spheniscidae; Spheniscidae (comprising all existing penguins)

sphenisciform seabird (flightless cold-water seabirds: penguins)

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

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