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Coraciiformes

noun

rollers; kingfishers; hornbills; hoopoes; motmots; bee eaters; todies

• Syn: ↑order Coraciiformes

• Hypernyms: ↑animal order

• Member Holonyms: ↑Aves, ↑class Aves

• Member Meronyms:

↑coraciiform bird, ↑Coraciidae, ↑family Coraciidae, ↑Alcedinidae, ↑family Alcedinidae, ↑Meropidae, ↑family Meropidae, ↑Bucerotidae, ↑family Bucerotidae, ↑Upupidae, ↑family Upupidae, ↑Phoeniculidae, ↑family Phoeniculidae, ↑Momotidae, ↑family Momotidae, ↑Todidae, ↑family Todidae

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\\kəˌrāsēəˈfȯrˌmēz, ˌkȯrəˌsīəˈf-\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Coracii + -formes

: an order of chiefly arboreal birds comprising the rollers, kingfishers, hornbills, hoopoes, motmots, and related forms and formerly containing also the hummingbirds, woodpeckers, swifts, and owls

Useful english dictionary. 2012.