Useful english dictionary. 2012.
columbiform — ▪ bird Introduction any member of the group of birds (bird) that contains the pigeons (pigeon), doves (dove), dodoes (dodo), and solitaires (solitaire). The order Columbiformes is divided into the Raphidae, a family of extinct birds that… … Universalium
bird — birdless, adj. /berrd/, n. 1. any warm blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard shelled egg. 2. a fowl or game bird. 3 … Universalium
Bird — /berrd/, n. Larry, born 1956, U.S. basketball player. * * * I Any of the warm blooded, beaked vertebrates of the class Aves, including more than 9,600 living species. A covering of feathers distinguishes birds from all other animals. Birds have a … Universalium
gallinaceous bird — noun heavy bodied largely ground feeding domestic or game birds • Syn: ↑gallinacean • Hypernyms: ↑bird • Hyponyms: ↑domestic fowl, ↑fowl, ↑poultry, ↑jungle fowl … Useful english dictionary
Foro (bird) — Taxobox name = Foro status = fossil fossil range = Early Eocene (Ypresian Lutetian) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves subclassis = Neornithes infraclassis = Neoaves ordo = see text familia = Foratidae (disputed) familia authority … Wikipedia
gallinacean — noun heavy bodied largely ground feeding domestic or game birds • Syn: ↑gallinaceous bird • Hypernyms: ↑bird • Hyponyms: ↑domestic fowl, ↑fowl, ↑poultry, ↑jun … Useful english dictionary
sand grouse — noun pigeon like bird of arid regions of the Old World having long pointed wings and tail and precocial downy young • Syn: ↑sandgrouse • Hypernyms: ↑columbiform bird • Hyponyms: ↑painted sandgrouse, ↑Pterocles indicus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Pezophaps solitaria — noun extinct flightless bird related to the dodo • Syn: ↑solitaire • Hypernyms: ↑columbiform bird • Member Holonyms: ↑Pezophaps, ↑genus Pezophaps … Useful english dictionary
Raphus cucullatus — noun extinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to pigeons • Syn: ↑dodo • Hypernyms: ↑columbiform bird • Member Holonyms: ↑Raphus, ↑genus Raphus … Useful english dictionary
sandgrouse — noun pigeon like bird of arid regions of the Old World having long pointed wings and tail and precocial downy young • Syn: ↑sand grouse • Hypernyms: ↑columbiform bird • Hyponyms: ↑painted sandgrouse, ↑Pterocles indicus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
