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PODICIPEDIFORMES

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Grebes

Synonyms:

Colymbiformes; order Colymbiformes; order Podicipediformes; order Podicipitiformes; Podicipediformes; Podicipitiformes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Podicipediformes" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Podicipediformes"):

podicipitiform seabird (aquatic birds related to the loons)

family Podicipedidae; Podicipedidae (coextensive with the order Podicipitiformes)

Holonyms ("Podicipediformes" is a member of...):

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

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