- apodiform
- apod·i·form
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apodiform
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apodiform — ▪ bird Introduction any member of one of two groups of birds (bird), the swifts (swift) and the hummingbirds (hummingbird), that are very different from one another in general appearance and way of life. The two groups, considered suborders,… … Universalium
apodiform — əˈpädəˌfȯrm adjective Etymology: New Latin Apodiformes : of or relating to the Apodiformes … Useful english dictionary
apodiform bird — noun nonpasserine bird having long wings and weak feet; spends much of its time in flight • Hypernyms: ↑bird • Hyponyms: ↑swift, ↑tree swift, ↑crested swift, ↑hummingbird • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Aegialornis — Taxobox name = Aegialornis status = fossil fossil range = Early? Late Eocene regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Apodiformes familia = Aegialornithidae familia authority = Lydekker, 1891 genus = Aegialornis genus authority … Wikipedia
List of fossil birds — Birds are generally believed to have evolved from certain feathered theropod dinosaurs, and there is no real dividing line between birds and dinosaurs, except of course that some of the former survived the Cretaceous Tertiary extinction event… … Wikipedia
Caprimulgiformes — Taxobox name = Caprimulgiformes image width = 250px image caption = Large tailed Nightjar, Caprimulgus macrurus regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves infraclassis = Neognathae unranked ordo = Cypselomorphae ordo = Caprimulgiformes… … Wikipedia
Apodiformes — Ruby throated Hummingbird Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia … Wikipedia
Primapus — Taxobox name = Primapus image width = image caption = fossil range=Early Eocene regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves subclassis = Neornithes infraclassis = Neoaves unranked ordo = Cypselomorphae ordo = Apodiformes genus= Primapus… … Wikipedia
bird — birdless, adj. /berrd/, n. 1. any warm blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard shelled egg. 2. a fowl or game bird. 3 … Universalium
Bird — /berrd/, n. Larry, born 1956, U.S. basketball player. * * * I Any of the warm blooded, beaked vertebrates of the class Aves, including more than 9,600 living species. A covering of feathers distinguishes birds from all other animals. Birds have a … Universalium
