Akademik

Charadriiformes

noun

large diverse order of aquatic birds found along seacoasts and inland waters: shorebirds and coastal diving birds; most feed on anima life

• Syn: ↑order Charadriiformes

• Hypernyms: ↑animal order

• Member Holonyms: ↑Aves, ↑class Aves

• Member Meronyms:

↑Charadrii, ↑suborder Charadrii, ↑Limicolae, ↑suborder Limicolae, ↑Haematopus, ↑genus Haematopus, ↑coastal diving bird, ↑Lari, ↑suborder Lari, ↑Alcidae, ↑family Alcidae

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\\kəˌradrēəˈfȯrˌmēz\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Charadrius, type genus + -iformes

: an order of birds including the shorebirds, auks, gulls, and related forms

Useful english dictionary. 2012.