Neornithes
Translingual
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek prefix
Proper noun
editNeornithes
- A taxonomic clade within the subclass Aves – all modern birds, characterized by many adaptations for flight, such as a four-chambered heart and feathers, and differentiated from other, older birds by having a beak with no teeth.
Hypernyms
edit- (infraclass): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Carinatae - subclass
Hyponyms
edit- (infraclass): Palaeognathae, Neognathae, Odontognathae (not included in some systems) - parvclasses
References
edit- Modern birds on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Neornithes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Neornithes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons