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CUCULIFORMES

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cuckoos; touracos; etc.

Synonyms:

Cuculiformes; order Cuculiformes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Cuculiformes"):

cuculiform bird (birds having zygodactyl feet (except for the touracos))

Cuculidae; family Cuculidae (includes cuckoo; ani; roadrunner)

family Musophagidae; Musophagidae (touracos)

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

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

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