COLYMBIFORMES

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Grebes

Synonyms:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Colymbiformes"):

podicipitiform seabird (aquatic birds related to the loons)

family Podicipedidae; Podicipedidae (coextensive with the order Podicipitiformes)

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

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