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ORDER FALCONIFORMES

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Chiefly diurnal carnivorous birds having hooked beaks and long talons with opposable hind toe: falcons; hawks; eagles; ospreys; caracaras; vultures

Synonyms:

Falconiformes; order Falconiformes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "order Falconiformes"):

Accipitridae; family Accipitridae (hawks; Old World vultures; kites; harriers; eagles)

Falconidae; family Falconidae (a family of birds of the order Falconiformes)

family Pandionidae; Pandionidae (ospreys)

family Sagittariidae; Sagittariidae (secretary birds)

Cathartidae; family Cathartidae (condors; turkey buzzards; king vultures)

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

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

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