RAPTORES

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Term used in former classifications; erroneously grouped together birds of the orders Falconiformes and Strigiformes

Synonyms:

order Raptores; Raptores

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

animal order (the order of animals)

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

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

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