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Definition of Pelecaniformes
1. Noun. Pelicans; frigate birds; gannets; cormorants.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Aves, Class Aves
Member holonyms: Family Pelecanidae, Pelecanidae, Family Fregatidae, Fregatidae, Family Sulidae, Sulidae, Family Phalacrocoracidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Anhingidae, Family Anhingidae, Family Phaethontidae, Phaethontidae
Definition of Pelecaniformes
1. n. pl. Those birds that are related to the pelican; the Totipalmi.
Medical Definition of Pelecaniformes
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pelecaniformes
Literary usage of Pelecaniformes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1920)
"... with Observations on the Birds of Cocos and Clipperton Islands Plates I-VH.
(Issued August 11, 1913) $1.00 (Columbiformes to pelecaniformes). ..."
2. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1896)
"... Frigate Birds (Fregati), Pelicans, Cormorants, and Gannets—these are the groups
of birds which constitute the large order pelecaniformes. ..."
3. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1896)
"... ng [fossil], type L. clivus, n. sp., Miocene ? of Patagonia ; F. AMEGHINO, Bul.
Inst. Geogr. Argent. IT, pp. 97 & 98, fig. 41. Order pelecaniformes. ..."
4. Annual Report by New York Zoological Society, Tennyson Society (1906)
"... Screamers I 2 Phoenicopteriformes, Flamingoes 2 7 Anseriformes, Swans, Geese,
and Ducks 38 326 pelecaniformes, Cormorants and Pelicans 8 34 ..."
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