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Falconiformes

noun

chiefly diurnal carnivorous birds having hooked beaks and long talons with opposable hind toe: falcons; hawks; eagles; ospreys; caracaras; vultures

• Syn: ↑order Falconiformes

• Hypernyms: ↑animal order

• Member Holonyms: ↑Aves, ↑class Aves

• Member Meronyms:

↑Accipitridae, ↑family Accipitridae, ↑Falconidae, ↑family Falconidae, ↑Pandionidae, ↑family Pandionidae, ↑Sagittariidae, ↑family Sagittariidae, ↑Cathartidae, ↑family Cathartidae

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\(ˌ)falˌkōnəˈfȯr(ˌ)mēz, (ˌ)fȯl-\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Falcon-, Falco + -iformes

: an order of chiefly diurnal flesh-eating birds having short stout hooped bills and strong feet with four toes, the young being helpless at hatching and fed in the nest, and including the hawks, eagles, vultures, and related birds — see cathartae, falcones

Useful english dictionary. 2012.