order apterygiformes

English Thesaurus

1. a ratite bird order: flightless ground birds having vestigial wings and long bills and small eyes: kiwis (noun.animal)

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

member holonym	:	apterygidae, family apterygidae,
definition	:	coextensive with the order Apterygiformes (noun.animal)

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