columbiformes

English Thesaurus

1. sand grouse; pigeons; doves; extinct dodos and solitaires (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	animal order,
definition	:	the order of animals (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	columbiform bird,
definition	:	a cosmopolitan order of land birds having small heads and short legs with four unwebbed toes (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	family raphidae, raphidae,
definition	:	extinct dodos and solitaires (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	columbidae, family columbidae,
definition	:	doves and pigeons (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	family pteroclididae, pteroclididae,
definition	:	sandgrouses (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	aves, class aves,
definition	:	(ornithology) the class of birds (noun.animal)