Neoaves
Translingual
Etymology
From neo- + Aves.
Proper noun
Neoaves
- Most modern birds, excluding Anseriformes (eg, ducks) and Galliformes (eg, chickens) and Paleognathae (eg, ostriches, rheas)
- A taxonomic clade within the superorder Neognathae.
- A taxonomic superorder within the infraclass Neognathae.[1]
Hypernyms
- (superorder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Reptilia - class; Aves - subclass; Neognathae - infraclass[1]
Hyponyms
- (superorder): Accipitriformes, Apodiformes, Bucerotiformes, Caprimulgiformes, Cariamiformes, Charadriiformes, Ciconiiformes, Coliiformes, Columbiformes, Coraciiformes, Cuculiformes, Eurypygiformes, Falconiformes, Gaviiformes, Gruiformes, Leptosomiformes, Mesitornithiformes, Musophagiformes, Opisthocomiformes, Otidiformes, Passeriformes, Pelecaniformes, Phaethontiformes, Phoenicopteriformes, Piciformes, Podicipediformes, Procellariiformes, Psittaciformes, Pteroclidiformes, Sphenisciformes, Strigiformes, Suliformes, Trogoniformes - orders[1]
Coordinate terms
- (superorder): Galloanseri[1]
References
Neoaves on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Neoaves on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Neoaves on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521