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Apodiformes

noun

swifts; hummingbirds

• Syn: ↑order Apodiformes

• Hypernyms: ↑animal order

• Member Holonyms: ↑Aves, ↑class Aves

• Member Meronyms:

↑apodiform bird, ↑Apodidae, ↑family Apodidae, ↑Hemiprocnidae, ↑family Hemiprocnidae, ↑Trochilidae, ↑family Trochilidae

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\\əˌpädəˈfȯrˌmēz\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Apod-, Apus + -iformes

: an order of birds with long narrow wings and weak feet that comprises the swifts and the humming birds

Useful english dictionary. 2012.