ORDER STRIGIFORMES
Dictionary entry overview: What does order Strigiformes mean? • ORDER STRIGIFORMES (noun)
The noun ORDER STRIGIFORMES has 1 sense:
1. owls
Familiarity information: ORDER STRIGIFORMES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ORDER STRIGIFORMES (noun)
Meaning:
Owls
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
order Strigiformes; Strigiformes
Hypernyms ("order Strigiformes" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "order Strigiformes"):
bird of Minerva; bird of night; hooter; owl (nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes)
family Strigidae; Strigidae (a family of nocturnal birds of the order Strigiformes)
family Tytonidae; Tytonidae (comprising only the barn owls)
Holonyms ("order Strigiformes" is a member of...):
Aves; class Aves (birds)
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