Akademik

Gaviiformes

noun

large aquatic birds: loons and some extinct forms

• Syn: ↑order Gaviiformes

• Hypernyms: ↑animal order

• Member Holonyms: ↑Aves, ↑class Aves

• Member Meronyms: ↑gaviiform seabird, ↑Gavidae, ↑family Gavidae

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\\ˌgāvēəˈfȯrˌmēz\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Gavia + -i- + -formes

: an order of large aquatic birds including those of the genus Gavia and a few related extinct birds — compare loon

Useful english dictionary. 2012.