colymbiformes
1Colymbiformes — n. 1. an order of birds, including the family {Podicipedidae}, which consitutes the grebes. Syn: Podicipitiformes, order {Podicipitiformes}, Podicipediformes, order {Podicipediformes}, order {Colymbiformes}. [WordNet 1.5] …
2Colymbiformes — is a disused order of birds that was once used to classify grebes and loons. Scientific study has revealed that these two types of waterbirds are not so closely related; they have been reclassified in the orders Podicipediformes and Gaviiformes,… …
3Colymbiformes — G …
4Colymbiformes — ▪ bird order former taxonomic order that included the water birds known as loons (loon) and grebes (grebe). Later scholarship determined that these two groups were not related, and ornithologists devised new and separate classifications for …
5Colymbiformes — noun grebes • Syn: ↑Podicipitiformes, ↑order Podicipitiformes, ↑Podicipediformes, ↑order Podicipediformes, ↑order Colymbiformes • Hypernyms: ↑animal order …
6colymbiformes — co·lym·bi·for·mes …
7order Colymbiformes — noun grebes • Syn: ↑Podicipitiformes, ↑order Podicipitiformes, ↑Podicipediformes, ↑order Podicipediformes, ↑Colymbiformes • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • …
8animal order — noun the order of animals • Hypernyms: ↑order • Hyponyms: ↑Eubacteriales, ↑order Eubacteriales, ↑Pseudomonadales, ↑order Pseudomonadales, ↑Rickettsiales, ↑order …
9Aves — noun (ornithology) the class of birds • Syn: ↑class Aves • Topics: ↑ornithology • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑Vertebrata, ↑ …
10class Aves — noun (ornithology) the class of birds • Syn: ↑Aves • Topics: ↑ornithology • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑Vertebrata, ↑ …