animal order
English Thesaurus
1. the order of animals (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | order, |
| definition | : | (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | eubacteriales, order eubacteriales, |
| definition | : | one of two usually recognized orders of true bacteria; Gram-positive spherical or rod-shaped forms; some are motile; in some classifications considered an order of Schizomycetes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order pseudomonadales, pseudomonadales, |
| definition | : | one of two usually recognized orders of true bacteria; Gram-negative spiral or spherical or rod-shaped bacteria usually motile by polar flagella; some contain photosynthetic pigments (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order rickettsiales, rickettsiales, |
| definition | : | pleomorphic Gram-negative microorganisms (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | mycoplasmatales, order mycoplasmatales, |
| definition | : | coextensive with the family Mycoplasmataceae (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | actinomycetales, order actinomycetales, |
| definition | : | filamentous or rod-shaped bacteria (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | myxobacterales, myxobacteriales, order myxobacterales, order myxobacteria, order myxobacteriales, |
| definition | : | an order of higher bacteria (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order spirochaetales, spirochaetales, |
| definition | : | higher bacteria; slender spiral rodlike forms (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | heliozoa, order heliozoa, |
| definition | : | mostly freshwater protozoa (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order radiolaria, radiolaria, |
| definition | : | marine protozoa (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | amoebida, amoebina, order amoebida, order amoebina, |
| definition | : | the animal order including amoebas (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | foraminifera, order foraminifera, |
| definition | : | foraminifers (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order testacea, testacea, |
| definition | : | testacean rhizopods (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | fucales, order fucales, |
| definition | : | coextensive with the family Fucaceae (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order zygnemales, order zygnematales, zygnemales, zygnematales, |
| definition | : | pond scums; desmids (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cilioflagellata, dinoflagellata, order cilioflagellata, order dinoflagellata, |
| definition | : | in some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; in others included in the plant phylum Pyrrophyta (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | hypermastigina, order hypermastigina, |
| definition | : | cellulose-producing flagellates (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order polymastigina, polymastigina, |
| definition | : | small usually parasitic flagellates (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | coccidia, order coccidia, |
| definition | : | an order in the subclass Telosporidia (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | gregarinida, order gregarinida, |
| definition | : | an order in the subclass Telosporidia (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | haemosporidia, order haemosporidia, |
| definition | : | an order in the subclass Telosporidia (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order sarcosporidia, sarcosporidia, |
| definition | : | imperfectly known parasites of the muscles of vertebrates (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | haplosporidia, order haplosporidia, |
| definition | : | an order in the subclass Acnidosporidia (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | actinomyxidia, order actinomyxidia, |
| definition | : | parasites of worms (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | mycrosporidia, order mycrosporidia, |
| definition | : | an order in the subclass Cnidosporidia (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | myxosporidia, order myxosporidia, |
| definition | : | an order in the subclass Cnidosporidia (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | malacopterygii, superorder malacopterygii, |
| definition | : | an extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cypriniformes, order cypriniformes, |
| definition | : | an order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | berycomorphi, order berycomorphi, |
| definition | : | an order of spiny-finned fish in the superorder Acanthopterygii (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order zeomorphi, zeomorphi, |
| definition | : | dories (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order solenichthyes, solenichthyes, |
| definition | : | bellows fishes; shrimpfishes; cornetfishes; pipefishes; small order of chiefly tropical marine fishes of varied and bizarre form all having a small mouth at the end of a drawn-out tubular snout (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order ostracodermi, ostracodermi, |
| definition | : | extinct group of armored jawless vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | heterostraci, suborder heterostraci, |
| definition | : | extinct group of armored jawless fishes or fish-like vertebrate; taxonomy is not clear (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cephalaspida, osteostraci, suborder cephalaspida, suborder osteostraci, |
| definition | : | extinct group of armored fish-like vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | anaspida, order anaspida, |
| definition | : | extinct order of jawless vertebrates (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | conodonta, conodontophorida, order conodonta, order conodontophorida, |
| definition | : | extinct order of primitive vertebrates; the precise taxonomy is not clear; in some classifications considered a separate phylum (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cyclostomata, order cyclostomata, |
| definition | : | primitive jawless aquatic vertebrate: lampreys; hagfishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | hyperoartia, petromyzoniformes, suborder hyperoartia, suborder petromyzoniformes, |
| definition | : | lampreys as distinguished from hagfishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | hyperotreta, myxiniformes, myxinoidea, myxinoidei, suborder hyperotreta, suborder myxiniformes, suborder myxinoidei, |
| definition | : | hagfishes as distinguished from lampreys (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order torpediniformes, torpediniformes, |
| definition | : | rays with bodies shaped like torpedoes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | batoidei, order batoidei, order rajiformes, rajiformes, |
| definition | : | fish with dorsoventrally flattened bodies; includes: rays; skates; guitarfishes; sawfishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | ratitae, superorder ratitae, |
| definition | : | used in former classifications to include all ratite bird orders (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order struthioniformes, struthioniformes, |
| definition | : | a ratite bird order: ostriches and related extinct birds; known from the Pleistocene onward (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | casuariiformes, order casuariiformes, |
| definition | : | a ratite bird order: cassowaries and emus (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | apterygiformes, order apterygiformes, |
| definition | : | a ratite bird order: flightless ground birds having vestigial wings and long bills and small eyes: kiwis (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order rheiformes, rheiformes, |
| definition | : | a ratite bird order: birds intermediate in characteristics between ostriches and emus: recent and extinct rheas (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | aepyorniformes, order aepyorniformes, |
| definition | : | huge extinct flightless birds: elephant birds (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | dinornithiformes, order dinornithiformes, |
| definition | : | a ratite bird order: recently extinct flightless birds of New Zealand (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | insessores, order insessores, percher, perching bird, |
| definition | : | a bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches); this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order passeriformes, passeriformes, |
| definition | : | largest order of birds comprising about half the known species; rooks; finches; sparrows; tits; warblers; robins; wrens; swallows; etc.; the four suborders are Eurylaimi and Tyranni and Menurae and Oscines or Passeres (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | oscines, passeres, suborder oscines, suborder passeres, |
| definition | : | two names for the suborder of typical songbirds (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | menurae, suborder menurae, |
| definition | : | lyrebirds and scrubbirds (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | eurylaimi, suborder eurylaimi, |
| definition | : | broadbills (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | suborder tyranni, tyranni, |
| definition | : | New World flycatchers; antbirds; oven birds; woodhewers (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | clamatores, suborder clamatores, |
| definition | : | used in some classification systems; a suborder or superfamily nearly coextensive with suborder Tyranni; Passeriformes having relatively simple vocal organs and little power of song; clamatorial birds (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order raptores, raptores, |
| definition | : | term used in former classifications; erroneously grouped together birds of the orders Falconiformes and Strigiformes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | falconiformes, order falconiformes, |
| definition | : | chiefly diurnal carnivorous birds having hooked beaks and long talons with opposable hind toe: falcons; hawks; eagles; ospreys; caracaras; vultures (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order strigiformes, strigiformes, |
| definition | : | owls (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | caudata, order caudata, order urodella, urodella, |
| definition | : | salamanders; newts; congo snakes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | anura, batrachia, order anura, order batrachia, order salientia, salientia, |
| definition | : | frogs, toads, tree toads (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | gymnophiona, order gymnophiona, |
| definition | : | an order of amphibians including caecilians (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | labyrinthodonta, labyrinthodontia, superorder labyrinthodonta, superorder labyrinthodontia, |
| definition | : | extinct amphibians typically resembling heavy-bodied salamanders or crocodiles and having a solid flattened skull and conical teeth; Devonian through Triassic (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order stereospondyli, stereospondyli, |
| definition | : | formerly a suborder of Stegocephalia; amphibia having vertebrae whose component elements are fused into a single piece (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order stegocephalia, stegocephalia, |
| definition | : | in former classifications a division of class Amphibia comprising all pre-Jurassic and some later extinct large salamandriform amphibia (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order temnospondyli, temnospondyli, |
| definition | : | formerly a suborder of Stegocephalia; large Carboniferous and Permian amphibians having vertebrae in which some elements remain separate (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | chelonia, order chelonia, order testudinata, order testudines, testudinata, testudines, |
| definition | : | tortoises and turtles (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order rhynchocephalia, rhynchocephalia, |
| definition | : | tuataras; extinct forms from middle Triassic (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order squamata, squamata, |
| definition | : | diapsid reptiles: snakes and lizards (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | lacertilia, sauria, suborder lacertilia, suborder sauria, |
| definition | : | true lizards; including chameleons and geckos (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | crocodilia, crocodylia, order crocodilia, order crocodylia, |
| definition | : | crocodiles; alligators; caimans; gavials (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | loricata, order loricata, |
| definition | : | former name for the order Crocodylia (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order ornithischia, ornithischia, |
| definition | : | extinct terrestrial reptiles having bird-like pelvises: armored dinosaurs (thyreophorans); boneheaded and horned dinosaurs (marginocephalians); duck-billed dinosaurs (euronithopods) (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | suborder thyreophora, thyreophora, thyreophoran, |
| definition | : | armored dinosaurs: stegosaurs and ankylosaurs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | marginocephalia, marginocephalian, suborder marginocephalia, |
| definition | : | includes boneheaded (pachycephalosaurs) and horned (ceratopsian) dinosaurs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | suborder pachycephalosaurus, |
| definition | : | boneheaded dinosaurs; late Cretaceous (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | ceratopsia, suborder ceratopsia, |
| definition | : | horned dinosaurs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | euronithopod, euronithopoda, ornithopoda, suborder euronithopoda, suborder ornithopoda, |
| definition | : | widespread group including duck-billed dinosaurs and their early relatives (hadrosaurs, trachodon and iguanodon) (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order saurischia, saurischia, |
| definition | : | extinct terrestrial reptiles: theropods (carnivorous); sauropods (herbivorous) (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | sauropodomorpha, suborder sauropodomorpha, |
| definition | : | gigantic herbivorous dinosaurs having huge bodies with long necks and small heads: Prosauropoda and Sauropoda (apatosaurus, diplodocus and titanosaurs) (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | prosauropoda, suborder prosauropoda, |
| definition | : | the earliest known dinosaurs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | sauropoda, suborder sauropoda, |
| definition | : | any of the sauropod dinosaurs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | suborder theropoda, theropoda, |
| definition | : | carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs with short forelimbs; Jurassic and Cretaceous (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | suborder ceratosaura, |
| definition | : | primitive saurischian dinosaurs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | carnosaura, suborder carnosaura, |
| definition | : | largest carnivorous land animals ever known (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | ornithomimida, suborder ornithomimida, |
| definition | : | lightly built medium-size theropods (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | maniraptora, suborder maniraptora, |
| definition | : | advanced theropods including oviraptorids and dromaeosaurs and possibly even modern birds (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order therapsida, therapsida, |
| definition | : | extinct mammal-like reptiles found inhabiting all continents from the mid Permian to late Triassic (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | ictodosauria, order ictodosauria, |
| definition | : | extinct reptiles of the later Triassic period (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order pelycosauria, pelycosauria, |
| definition | : | edaphosaurus; dimetrodon (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order pterosauria, pterosauria, |
| definition | : | extinct flying reptiles: pterosaurs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order thecodontia, thecodontia, |
| definition | : | extinct terrestrial reptiles having teeth set in sockets; of the late Permian to Triassic (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | ichthyosauria, order ichthyosauria, |
| definition | : | extinct marine reptiles: ichthyosaurs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order sauropterygia, sauropterygia, |
| definition | : | extinct marine reptiles: plesiosaurs; nothosaurs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | plesiosauria, suborder plesiosauria, |
| definition | : | any of the plesiosaurs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | nothosauria, suborder nothosauria, |
| definition | : | a suborder of Sauropterygia (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | ophidia, serpentes, suborder ophidia, suborder serpentes, |
| definition | : | snakes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | opiliones, order opiliones, order phalangida, phalangida, |
| definition | : | harvestmen (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order scorpionida, scorpionida, |
| definition | : | true scorpions (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | chelonethida, order chelonethida, order pseudoscorpiones, order pseudoscorpionida, pseudoscorpiones, pseudoscorpionida, |
| definition | : | false scorpions (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order pedipalpi, order uropygi, pedipalpi, uropygi, |
| definition | : | whip scorpions (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | araneae, araneida, order araneae, order araneida, |
| definition | : | spiders (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | acarina, order acarina, |
| definition | : | mites and ticks (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | geophilomorpha, order geophilomorpha, |
| definition | : | small elongate centipedes living in soil and under stones and having more than 30 pairs of legs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order pycnogonida, pycnogonida, |
| definition | : | sea spiders (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order xiphosura, xiphosura, |
| definition | : | horseshoe crabs and extinct forms (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | eurypterida, order eurypterida, |
| definition | : | extinct aquatic arthropods of the Paleozoic (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | galliformes, order galliformes, |
| definition | : | pheasants; turkeys; grouse; partridges; quails; chickens; brush turkeys; curassows; hoatzins (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order tinamiformes, tinamiformes, |
| definition | : | coextensive with the family Tinamidae (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | columbiformes, order columbiformes, |
| definition | : | sand grouse; pigeons; doves; extinct dodos and solitaires (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order psittaciformes, psittaciformes, |
| definition | : | an order of birds including parrots and amazons and cockatoos and lorikeets and lories and macaws and parakeets (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cuculiformes, order cuculiformes, |
| definition | : | cuckoos; touracos; etc. (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | coraciiformes, order coraciiformes, |
| definition | : | rollers; kingfishers; hornbills; hoopoes; motmots; bee eaters; todies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order picariae, picariae, |
| definition | : | term used in some classifications as nearly equivalent to the order Coraciiformes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | apodiformes, order apodiformes, |
| definition | : | swifts; hummingbirds (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | caprimulgiformes, order caprimulgiformes, |
| definition | : | goatsuckers; frogmouths; oilbirds (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order piciformes, piciformes, |
| definition | : | woodpeckers; jacamars; puffbirds; barbets; honey guides; toucans (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order trogoniformes, trogoniformes, |
| definition | : | trogons (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | anseriformes, order anseriformes, |
| definition | : | ducks; geese; swans; screamers (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | anseres, suborder anseres, |
| definition | : | used in some especially older classifications; coextensive with the family Anatidae (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | monotremata, order monotremata, |
| definition | : | coextensive with the subclass Prototheria (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | marsupialia, order marsupialia, |
| definition | : | coextensive with the subclass Metatheria (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | insectivora, order insectivora, |
| definition | : | shrews; moles; hedgehogs; tenrecs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | lipotyphla, suborder lipotyphla, |
| definition | : | moles; hedgehogs; true shrews (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | menotyphla, suborder menotyphla, |
| definition | : | elephant shrews; tree shrews (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order siphonophora, siphonophora, |
| definition | : | marine colonial hydrozoans (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | actinaria, actiniaria, order actinaria, order actiniaria, |
| definition | : | sea anemones (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | alcyonaria, order alcyonaria, |
| definition | : | corals and sea anemones having eight branches (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | alcyonacea, suborder alcyonacea, |
| definition | : | comprising the soft corals (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | gorgonacea, gorgoniacea, suborder gorgonacea, suborder gorgoniacea, |
| definition | : | red corals and sea fans (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | madreporaria, order madreporaria, |
| definition | : | stony corals (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cydippea, cydippida, cydippidea, order cydippea, order cydippida, order cydippidea, |
| definition | : | ctenophores having two long pinnate tentacles (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order platyctenea, platyctenea, |
| definition | : | an order of Tentaculata (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cestida, order cestida, |
| definition | : | ctenophore having short tentacles; one family (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | lobata, order lobata, |
| definition | : | ctenophore having tentacles only in the immature stage; body compressed vertically having two large oral lobes and four pointed processes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | nudibranchia, order nudibranchia, |
| definition | : | comprising numerous marine gastropod mollusks lacking a shell in the adult state and usually having a body like a slug (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order pulmonata, pulmonata, |
| definition | : | large order of gastropods usually breathing by means of a lung-like sac comprising most land snails and slugs and many freshwater snails (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order pectinibranchia, pectinibranchia, |
| definition | : | large order of gastropods comprising univalve mollusks that have a single gill resembling a comb (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | aplacophora, order aplacophora, order solenogastres, solenogastres, |
| definition | : | an order of Amphineura (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | myaceae, order myaceae, |
| definition | : | clams (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | octopoda, order octopoda, |
| definition | : | octopuses and paper nautilus (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | decapoda, order decapoda, |
| definition | : | squids and cuttlefishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | belemnoidea, order belemnoidea, |
| definition | : | order of extinct dibranchiate cephalopods related to the surviving spirulas (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | decapoda, order decapoda, |
| definition | : | lobsters; crayfish; crabs; shrimps; prawns (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | brachyura, suborder brachyura, |
| definition | : | an order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surface (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | reptantia, suborder reptantia, |
| definition | : | lobsters; crabs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | natantia, suborder natantia, |
| definition | : | shrimp; prawns; etc. (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | schizopoda, |
| definition | : | in former classifications a division of Malacostraca; superseded by the orders Mysidacea and Euphausiacea (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | euphausiacea, order euphausiacea, |
| definition | : | small commonly luminescent crustaceans; important element of marine plankton: krill (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | mysidacea, order mysidacea, |
| definition | : | opossum shrimp (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order stomatopoda, stomatopoda, |
| definition | : | mantis shrimps (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | isopoda, order isopoda, |
| definition | : | woodlice (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | amphipoda, order amphipoda, |
| definition | : | small flat-bodied semiterrestrial crustaceans: whale lice; sand-hoppers; skeleton shrimp (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | anostraca, order anostraca, |
| definition | : | small aquatic crustaceans lacking a carapace: fairy shrimps; brine shrimps (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | notostraca, order notostraca, |
| definition | : | small freshwater crustaceans with a shield-shaped carapace (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | branchiura, order branchiura, |
| definition | : | copepods with suctorial mouthparts; parasitic on fishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | ciconiiformes, order ciconiiformes, |
| definition | : | order of chiefly tropical marsh-dwelling fish-eating wading birds with long legs and bills and (except for flamingos) unwebbed feet: herons; storks; spoonbills; flamingos; ibises (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | gruiformes, order gruiformes, |
| definition | : | inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | otides, suborder otides, |
| definition | : | terrestrial game birds of the Old World and Australia: bustards (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | charadriiformes, order charadriiformes, |
| definition | : | large diverse order of aquatic birds found along seacoasts and inland waters: shorebirds and coastal diving birds; most feed on anima life (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | charadrii, suborder charadrii, |
| definition | : | shorebirds: plovers; sandpipers; avocets; phalaropes; coursers; stone curlews (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | limicolae, suborder limicolae, |
| definition | : | term used in some classifications for migratory shorebirds; coextensive with the Charadrii (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | lari, suborder lari, |
| definition | : | gulls; terns; jaegers; skimmers (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | gaviiformes, order gaviiformes, |
| definition | : | large aquatic birds: loons and some extinct forms (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | colymbiformes, order colymbiformes, order podicipediformes, order podicipitiformes, podicipediformes, podicipitiformes, |
| definition | : | grebes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order pelecaniformes, pelecaniformes, |
| definition | : | pelicans; frigate birds; gannets; cormorants (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order sphenisciformes, sphenisciformes, |
| definition | : | penguins (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order procellariiformes, procellariiformes, |
| definition | : | petrels; albatrosses; shearwaters; diving petrels (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cetacea, order cetacea, |
| definition | : | an order of Eutheria (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | mysticeti, suborder mysticeti, |
| definition | : | baleen whales: right whales; rorquals; blue whales; humpbacks (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | odontoceti, suborder odontoceti, |
| definition | : | toothed whales: dolphins; porpoises; sperm whales; beaked whales (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order sirenia, sirenia, |
| definition | : | an animal order including: manatees; dugongs; Steller's sea cow (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | carnivora, order carnivora, |
| definition | : | cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | pinnipedia, suborder pinnipedia, |
| definition | : | seals; sea lions; walruses (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order tubulidentata, tubulidentata, |
| definition | : | an order of Eutheria (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | chiroptera, order chiroptera, |
| definition | : | an old order dating to early Eocene: bats: suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bats); suborder Microchiroptera (insectivorous bats) (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | megachiroptera, suborder megachiroptera, |
| definition | : | fruit bats (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | microchiroptera, suborder microchiroptera, |
| definition | : | most of the bats in the world; all bats except fruit bats insectivorous bats (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | mantophasmatodea, order mantophasmatodea, |
| definition | : | an order of insect identified in 2002 in a 45 million year old piece of amber from the Baltic region (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | mecoptera, order mecoptera, |
| definition | : | an order of carnivorous insects usually having long membranous wings and long beaklike heads with chewing mouths at the tip (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | collembola, order collembola, |
| definition | : | minute wingless arthropods: springtails (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order protura, protura, |
| definition | : | minute wingless arthropods: telsontails (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | coleoptera, order coleoptera, |
| definition | : | beetles (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | embiodea, embioptera, order embiodea, order embioptera, |
| definition | : | web spinners (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | anoplura, order anoplura, |
| definition | : | sucking lice (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | mallophaga, order mallophaga, |
| definition | : | biting lice (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order siphonaptera, siphonaptera, |
| definition | : | fleas (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | diptera, order diptera, |
| definition | : | a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | nematocera, suborder nematocera, |
| definition | : | mosquitoes; fungus gnats; crane flies; gnats; sand flies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | hymenoptera, order hymenoptera, |
| definition | : | an order of insects including: bees; wasps; ants; ichneumons; sawflies; gall wasps; etc. (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | isoptera, order isoptera, |
| definition | : | order of social insects that live in colonies, including: termites; often placed in subclass Exopterygota (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order orthoptera, orthoptera, |
| definition | : | grasshoppers and locusts; crickets (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order phasmatodea, order phasmida, phasmatodea, phasmida, |
| definition | : | in some classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera: stick insects; leaf insects (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | dictyoptera, order dictyoptera, |
| definition | : | in some classifications replaced by the orders (here suborders) Blattodea (cockroaches) and Manteodea (mantids); in former classifications often subsumed under a much broader order Orthoptera (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | blattaria, blattodea, suborder blattaria, suborder blattodea, |
| definition | : | cockroaches; in some classifications considered an order (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | manteodea, suborder manteodea, |
| definition | : | mantises; in former classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | hemiptera, order hemiptera, |
| definition | : | plant bugs; bedbugs; some true bugs; also includes suborders Heteroptera (true bugs) and Homoptera (e.g., aphids, plant lice and cicadas) (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | heteroptera, suborder heteroptera, |
| definition | : | true bugs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | homoptera, suborder homoptera, |
| definition | : | plant lice (aphids); whiteflies; cicadas; leafhoppers; plant hoppers; scale insects and mealybugs; spittle insects (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | corrodentia, order corrodentia, order psocoptera, psocoptera, |
| definition | : | an order of insects: includes booklice and bark-lice (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | ephemerida, ephemeroptera, order ephemerida, order ephemeroptera, |
| definition | : | mayflies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order plecoptera, plecoptera, |
| definition | : | stoneflies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | neuroptera, order neuroptera, |
| definition | : | an order of insects including: lacewings; antlions; dobsonflies; alderflies; fish flies; mantispids; spongeflies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | megaloptera, suborder megaloptera, |
| definition | : | in some classifications considered a separate order: alderflies; dobsonflies; snake flies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | odonata, order odonata, |
| definition | : | dragonflies and damselflies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | anisoptera, suborder anisoptera, |
| definition | : | dragonflies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | suborder zygoptera, zygoptera, |
| definition | : | damselflies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order trichoptera, trichoptera, |
| definition | : | an order of insects consisting of caddis flies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order thysanura, thysanura, |
| definition | : | firebrats; silverfish; machilids (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order thysanoptera, thysanoptera, |
| definition | : | thrips (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | dermaptera, order dermaptera, |
| definition | : | earwigs and a few related forms (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | lepidoptera, order lepidoptera, |
| definition | : | moths and butterflies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | exocycloida, order exocycloida, |
| definition | : | flat sea urchins (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order spatangoida, spatangoida, |
| definition | : | heart-shaped sea urchins (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | lagomorpha, order lagomorpha, |
| definition | : | rabbits; hares; pikas; formerly considered the suborder Duplicidentata of the order Rodentia (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order rodentia, rodentia, |
| definition | : | small gnawing animals: porcupines; rats; mice; squirrels; marmots; beavers; gophers; voles; hamsters; guinea pigs; agoutis (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | myomorpha, suborder myomorpha, |
| definition | : | true rats and mice and related rodents (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | hystricomorpha, suborder hystricomorpha, |
| definition | : | an order of rodents including: porcupines; guinea pigs; chinchillas; etc. (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | sciuromorpha, suborder sciuromorpha, |
| definition | : | large more or less primitive rodents: squirrels; marmots; gophers; beavers; etc. (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | dinocerata, order dinocerata, |
| definition | : | small order of primitive ungulates of the Paleocene and Eocene (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | hyracoidea, order hyracoidea, |
| definition | : | hyraxes and some extinct animals (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order perissodactyla, perissodactyla, |
| definition | : | nonruminant ungulates: horses; tapirs; rhinoceros; extinct forms (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | artiodactyla, order artiodactyla, |
| definition | : | an order of hooved mammals of the subclass Eutheria (including pigs and peccaries and hippopotami and members of the suborder Ruminantia) having an even number of functional toes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | ruminantia, suborder ruminantia, |
| definition | : | cattle; bison; sheep; goats; antelopes; deer; chevrotains; giraffes; camels (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | edentata, order edentata, |
| definition | : | order of mammals having few or no teeth including: New World anteaters; sloths; armadillos (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | suborder xenarthra, xenarthra, |
| definition | : | armadillos; American anteaters; sloths (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order pholidota, pholidota, |
| definition | : | pangolins; in some former classifications included in the order Edentata (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order primates, primates, |
| definition | : | an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | anthropoidea, suborder anthropoidea, |
| definition | : | monkeys; apes; hominids (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order scandentia, scandentia, |
| definition | : | a small order comprising only the tree shrews: in some classifications tree shrews are considered either primates (and included in the suborder Prosimii) or true insectivores (and included in the order Insectivora) (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | prosimii, suborder prosimii, |
| definition | : | not used in all classifications; in some classifications considered coextensive with the Lemuroidea; in others includes both Lemuroidea and Tarsioidea (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | lemuroidea, suborder lemuroidea, |
| definition | : | Lemuridae; Lorisidae; Daubentoniidae; Indriidae; used in some classifications instead of Prosimii; in others considered a subdivision of Prosimii (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | strepsirhini, suborder strepsirhini, |
| definition | : | in some classifications either coextensive with the Lemuroidea or comprising the true lemurs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | suborder tarsioidea, tarsioidea, |
| definition | : | in some classifications assigned to the suborder Prosimii (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | dermoptera, order dermoptera, |
| definition | : | flying lemurs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order proboscidea, proboscidea, |
| definition | : | an order of animals including elephants and mammoths (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order siluriformes, siluriformes, |
| definition | : | an order of fish belonging to the superorder Malacopterygii including catfishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | gadiformes, order gadiformes, |
| definition | : | cods, haddocks, grenadiers; in some classifications considered equivalent to the order Anacanthini (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | anacanthini, order anacanthini, |
| definition | : | at least partially equivalent to the order Gadiformes in some classifications (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | anguilliformes, order anguilliformes, order apodes, |
| definition | : | elongate fishes with pelvic fins and girdle absent or reduced (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | isospondyli, order isospondyli, |
| definition | : | most primitive teleost fishes; all are soft-finned: salmon; trout; herring; shad; sardines; anchovies; whitefish; smelts; tarpon (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order osteoglossiformes, osteoglossiformes, |
| definition | : | teleost fish with bony tongues (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order pediculati, pediculati, |
| definition | : | anglers and batfishes; spiny-finned marine fishes having pectoral fins at the ends of armlike processes and a long movable spine on the dorsal fin to lure prey to the large mouth (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order synentognathi, synentognathi, |
| definition | : | order of fishes having spineless fins; needlefishes; sauries; flying fishes; halfbeaks (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | acanthopterygii, superorder acanthopterygii, |
| definition | : | teleost fishes having fins with sharp bony rays (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order perciformes, order percomorphi, perciformes, percomorphi, |
| definition | : | one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | percoidea, suborder percoidea, |
| definition | : | in some classifications nearly or exactly equivalent to the Perciformes which are considered a suborder (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | discocephali, order discocephali, |
| definition | : | small order of fishes comprising the remoras (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | mugiloidea, suborder mugiloidea, |
| definition | : | fishes distinguished by abdominal pelvic fins: families Mugilidae; Atherinidae; Sphyraenidae (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | blennioidea, suborder blennioidea, |
| definition | : | blennies; butterfishes; gunnels (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | scombroidea, suborder scombroidea, |
| definition | : | mackerels; tunas; albacores; bonitos; swordfishes; sailfishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | ganoidei, order ganoidei, |
| definition | : | a group of mostly extinct primitive bony fishes characterized by armor-like bony scales (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order scleroparei, scleroparei, |
| definition | : | scorpionfishes; sculpins; gurnards; greenlings; flying gurnards (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | scorpaenoidea, suborder scorpaenoidea, |
| definition | : | mail-cheeked fishes: scorpionfishes; gurnards (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | order plectognathi, order tetraodontiformes, plectognathi, |
| definition | : | boxfishes; filefishes; globefishes; ocean sunfishes; triggerfishes; puffers (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | heterosomata, order heterosomata, order pleuronectiformes, |
| definition | : | flatfishes: halibut; sole; flounder; plaice; turbot; tonguefishes (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | animal kingdom, animalia, kingdom animalia, |
| definition | : | taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals (noun.animal) |
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