noun
cuckoos; touracos; etc.
• Syn: ↑order Cuculiformes
• Hypernyms: ↑animal order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Aves, ↑class Aves
• Member Meronyms: ↑cuculiform bird, ↑Cuculidae, ↑family Cuculidae, ↑Musophagidae, ↑family Musophagidae
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\\ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ləˈfȯr(ˌ)mēz\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: a small order of birds comprising the cuckoos, touracos, various related birds, and formerly the parrots and having 10 primaries and the feet zygodactyl except in the touracos in which the outer toe is reversible
Useful english dictionary. 2012.