Definition of Order 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 Order Falconiformes

order Embioptera
order Endomycetales
order Entomophthorales
order Ephemerida
order Ephemeroptera
order Equisetales
order Ericales
order Erysiphales
order Eubacteriales
order Eubryales
order Euphausiacea
order Eurotiales
order Eurypterida
order Exocycloida
order Fagales
order Falconiformes (current term)
order Filicales
order Foraminifera
order Fucales
order Gadiformes
order Galliformes
order Ganoidei
order Gaviiformes
order Gentianales
order Geophilomorpha
order Geraniales
order Ginkgoales
order Gnetales
order Graminales
order Gregarinida

Literary usage of Order Falconiformes

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

1. Vertebrate Zoölogy by Horatio Hackett Newman (1920)
"The order Falconiformes falls into three subdivisions, represented respectively by: the American vultures; the secretary bird of Africa; and the falcons, ..."

2. The Bahama Islands by George Burbank Shattuck, Geographical Society of Baltimore (1905)
"Geotrygon chrysia Salvador! J (Key West Quail-Dove). Great Bahama. New Providence, Eleuthera. Order FALCONIFORMES (Diurnal Birds of Troy). ..."

3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1905)
"RAPTORES, a name formerly used to indicate an order of birds, members of which are now included in the order Falconiformes, especially its sub-order ..."

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