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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.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Aves, Class Aves
Member holonyms: Accipitridae, Family Accipitridae, Falconidae, Family Falconidae, Family Pandionidae, Pandionidae, Family Sagittariidae, Sagittariidae, Cathartidae, Family Cathartidae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Falconiformes
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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