Eurypygiformes

Translingual

Etymology

Eurypyga +‎ -iformes

Proper noun

Eurypygiformes

The sunbittern and kagu[1]
1. (dated) A taxonomic order within the class Aves.
2. A taxonomic order within the class Reptilia.[2]

Hypernyms

(order in Reptilia): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Reptilia - class; Aves - subclass; Neognathae - infraclass; Neoaves - superorder[2]

Hyponyms

(order): Eurypygidae, Rhynochetidae - families

References

Eurypygiformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Eurypygiformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Eurypygiformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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