STRIGIFORMES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Strigiformes mean? 

• STRIGIFORMES (noun)
  The noun STRIGIFORMES has 1 sense:

1. owls

  Familiarity information: STRIGIFORMES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRIGIFORMES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Owls

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

order Strigiformes; Strigiformes

Hypernyms ("Strigiformes" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Strigiformes"):

bird of Minerva; bird of night; hooter; owl (nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes)

family Strigidae; Strigidae (a family of nocturnal birds of the order Strigiformes)

family Tytonidae; Tytonidae (comprising only the barn owls)

Holonyms ("Strigiformes" is a member of...):

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