order falconiformes

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

   SynonymsFalconiformes

   Broaderanimal order

   Part ofAves

Questions about order falconiformes

What does order falconiformes mean?

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

What is another word for order falconiformes?

Close synonyms include Falconiformes. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is order falconiformes a common word?

order falconiformes is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.