Translingual

Aix galericulata

Merops apiaster

Proper noun

Neornithes

1. A taxonomic infraclass within the class Aves – all modern birds, characterized by many adaptations for flight, such as a four-chambered heart and feathers, and differentiated from other, older birds by having a beak with no teeth.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

• (infraclass): Palaeognathae, Neognathae, Odontognathae (not included in some systems) - parvclasses