Gaviiformes

Translingual

Etymology

Gavia +‎ -iformes

Proper noun

Gaviiformes

A taxonomic order within the subclass Aves – the loons or divers.

Hypernyms

(order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae - infraclass

Hyponyms

(order): Gaviidae - (the sole surviving family)

References

Gaviiformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Gaviiformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Gaviiformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Gaviiformes at Avian Taxonomy in Flux
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. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248

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