order psittaciformes

Noun
  1. An order of birds including parrots and amazons and cockatoos and lorikeets and lories and macaws and parakeets (synset 101819276)
    is a type of: animal order - the order of animals
    member holonym:
    • parrot - usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds
    • family psittacidae, psittacidae - coextensive with the order Psittaciformes
    belongs to: aves, class aves - (ornithology) the class of birds
    same as: psittaciformes

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