ORDER CORACIIFORMES

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Rollers; kingfishers; hornbills; hoopoes; motmots; bee eaters; todies

Synonyms:

Coraciiformes; order Coraciiformes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("order Coraciiformes" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "order Coraciiformes"):

coraciiform bird (chiefly short-legged arboreal nonpasserine birds that nest in holes)

Coraciidae; family Coraciidae (rollers)

Alcedinidae; family Alcedinidae (kingfishers)

family Meropidae; Meropidae (bee-eaters)

Bucerotidae; family Bucerotidae (hornbills)

family Upupidae; Upupidae (hoopoes)

family Phoeniculidae; Phoeniculidae (wood hoopoes)

family Momotidae; Momotidae; family Todidae; Todidae (a family of birds of the order Coraciiformes)

Holonyms ("order Coraciiformes" is a member of...):

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