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ORDER TINAMIFORMES

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Coextensive with the family Tinamidae

Synonyms:

order Tinamiformes; Tinamiformes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "order Tinamiformes"):

family Tinamidae; Tinamidae (comprising the tinamous)

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

Ratitae; superorder Ratitae (used in former classifications to include all ratite bird orders)

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