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PSITTACIFORMES
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
An order of birds including parrots and amazons and cockatoos and lorikeets and lories and macaws and parakeets
Synonyms:
order Psittaciformes; Psittaciformes
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Psittaciformes" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Psittaciformes"):
parrot (usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds)
family Psittacidae; Psittacidae (coextensive with the order Psittaciformes)
Holonyms ("Psittaciformes" is a member of...):
Aves; class Aves ((ornithology) the class of birds)