Translingual

Proper noun

Coraciiformes

1. A taxonomic order within the subclass Neognathae – the kingfishers, hoopoe, bee-eaters, rollers and hornbills etc..

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

• (order): Alcedinidae - river kingfishers, Brachypteraciidae - ground rollers, Bucerotidae - hornbills, Cerylidae - water kingfishers, Coraciidae - rollers, Halcyonidae - tree kingfishers, Leptosomatidae - cuckoo rollers, Meropidae - bee-eaters, Momotidae - motmots, Phoeniculidae - wood hoopoes, Todidae - todies, Upupidae - hoopoes