Translingual

Proper noun

Neoaves

1. Most modern birds, excluding Anseriformes (eg, ducks) and Galliformes (eg, chickens) and Paleognathae (eg, ostriches, rheas)
   1. A taxonomic clade within the superorder Neognathae.
   2. A taxonomic superorder within the infraclass Neognathae.

Hypernyms

• (superorder): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Reptilia - class; Aves - subclass; Neognathae - infraclass

Hyponyms

• (superorder): Accipitriformes, Apodiformes, Bucerotiformes, Caprimulgiformes, Cariamiformes, Charadriiformes, Ciconiiformes, Coliiformes, Columbiformes, Coraciiformes, Cuculiformes, Eurypygiformes, Falconiformes, Gaviiformes, Gruiformes, Leptosomiformes, Mesitornithiformes, Musophagiformes, Opisthocomiformes, Otidiformes, Passeriformes, Pelecaniformes, Phaethontiformes, Phoenicopteriformes, Piciformes, Podicipediformes, Procellariiformes, Psittaciformes, Pteroclidiformes, Sphenisciformes, Strigiformes, Suliformes, Trogoniformes - orders

References

• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521