Translingual

Ardea alba

Proper noun

Pelecaniformes

1. A taxonomic order within the subclass Neognathae – the pelicans, gannets, boobies, cormorants, frigatebirds, darters and tropicbirds.

Hypernyms

• (order): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass

Hyponyms

• (order): Pelecanidae - pelicans, Sulidae - gannets and boobies, Phalacrocoracidae - cormorants, Fregatidae - frigatebirds, Anhingidae - darters, Phaethontidae - tropicbirds