Definition of Falconiformes

1. Noun. Chiefly diurnal carnivorous birds having hooked beaks and long talons with opposable hind toe: falcons; hawks; eagles; ospreys; caracaras; vultures.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Falconiformes

Faizan
Falange
Falangist
Falcatifolium
Falcatifolium falciforme
Falcatifolium taxoides
Falcidian
Falco
Falco columbarius
Falco peregrinus
Falco rusticolus
Falco sparverius
Falco subbuteo
Falco tinnunculus
Falconidae
Falconiformes (current term)
Falernian
Faliscan
Falkirk
Falkland
Falkland Islander
Falkland Islands
Falklander
Falklanders
Falklands
Falklands War
Falkner
Fall
Fall River
Fall of Man

Literary usage of Falconiformes

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

1. Birds' Nests: An Introduction to the Science of Caliology by Charles Dixon (1902)
"... of various Falconiformes—Of the Vultures—Of certain Eagles —Of the Kites—Of the Hawks and Harriers—Of the Ospreys—Nests of the Humming Birds—Of certain ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1900)
"In fact, it seems to the writer that the only groups that really come into question are the Falconiformes and aberrant Gruiformes, Carima, Chunga, ..."

3. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederic Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1899)
"Falconiformes. ... may be placed the large and important terrestrial Order Falconiformes, with its Sub-Orders ..."

4. Vertebrate Zoölogy by Horatio Hackett Newman (1920)
"FALCON-LIKE BIRDS OR BIRDS OF PREY (Falconiformes) Just as the great carnivores among mammals are ... The order Falconiformes falls into three subdivisions, ..."

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