Definition of Order Cuculiformes

1. Noun. Cuckoos; touracos; etc..

Exact synonyms: Cuculiformes
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Aves, Class Aves
Member holonyms: Cuculiform Bird, Cuculidae, Family Cuculidae, Family Musophagidae, Musophagidae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Cuculiformes

order Cilioflagellata
order Coccidia
order Coleoptera
order Collembola
order Columbiformes
order Colymbiformes
order Commelinales
order Coniferales
order Conodonta
order Conodontophorida
order Coraciiformes
order Cordaitales
order Corrodentia
order Crocodilia
order Crocodylia
order Cuculiformes (current term)
order Cycadales
order Cycadofilicales
order Cyclostomata
order Cydippea
order Cydippida
order Cydippidea
order Cypriniformes
order Decapoda
order Dermaptera
order Dermoptera
order Diapensiales
order Dicranales
order Dictyoptera
order Dinocerata

Literary usage of Order Cuculiformes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederic Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1899)
"THE order Cuculiformes commences the last great division of Carinate Birds. It contains the Sub-Orders CUCULI and PSITTACI ; the former consisting of the ..."

2. Birds' Nests: An Introduction to the Science of Caliology by Charles Dixon (1902)
"... again, the Cuckoos and Plantain-eaters associated in the order Cuculiformes are representatives of a very low type of avine architecture. ..."

3. The National Zoological Park: A Popular Account of Its Collections by Ned Hollister (1919)
"The cuckoos and plantain eaters and the great tribe of parrots,, macaws, and cockatoos form the order Cuculiformes. The first group is poorly represented in ..."

4. Bulletin by United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution (1916)
"In the general scheme of classification presented hi Part I (p.) of this work, the "order Cuculiformes" includes the Parrots as well as the Cuckoo-like ..."

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