- order Sphenisciformes
- nounpenguins• Syn: ↑Sphenisciformes• Hypernyms: ↑animal order• Member Holonyms: ↑Aves, ↑class Aves• Member Meronyms: ↑Spheniscidae, ↑family Spheniscidae, ↑sphenisciform seabird
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order Sphenisciformes
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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
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Aves — noun (ornithology) the class of birds • Syn: ↑class Aves • Topics: ↑ornithology • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑Vertebrata, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
class Aves — noun (ornithology) the class of birds • Syn: ↑Aves • Topics: ↑ornithology • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑Vertebrata, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
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Spheniscidae — noun comprising all existing penguins • Syn: ↑family Spheniscidae • Hypernyms: ↑bird family • Member Holonyms: ↑Sphenisciformes, ↑order Sphenisciformes • Member Meronyms … Useful english dictionary
