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SUPERORDER RATITAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does superorder Ratitae mean?
• SUPERORDER RATITAE (noun)
The noun SUPERORDER RATITAE has 1 sense:
1. used in former classifications to include all ratite bird orders
Familiarity information: SUPERORDER RATITAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Used in former classifications to include all ratite bird orders
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Ratitae; superorder Ratitae
Hypernyms ("superorder Ratitae" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "superorder Ratitae"):
order Tinamiformes; Tinamiformes (coextensive with the family Tinamidae)
Holonyms ("superorder Ratitae" is a member of...):
Aves; class Aves ((ornithology) the class of birds)
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