Translingual

Proper noun

Falconidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Falconiformes – caracaras and falcons.

Hypernyms

• (family): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Falconiformes - order

Hyponyms

• (family): Falconinae, Herpetotherinae - subfamilies

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276