Definition of Order Sphenisciformes

1. Noun. Penguins.

Exact synonyms: Sphenisciformes
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Aves, Class Aves
Member holonyms: Family Spheniscidae, Spheniscidae, Sphenisciform Seabird

Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Sphenisciformes

order Scleroparei
order Scorpionida
order Scrophulariales
order Secotiales
order Selaginellales
order Siluriformes
order Siphonaptera
order Siphonophora
order Sirenia
order Solenichthyes
order Solenogastres
order Spatangoida
order Sphaeriales
order Sphaerocarpales
order Sphagnales
order Sphenisciformes (current term)
order Spirochaetales
order Squamata
order Stegocephalia
order Stereospondyli
order Stomatopoda
order Strigiformes
order Struthioniformes
order Synentognathi
order Taxales
order Temnospondyli
order Testacea
order Testudinata
order Testudines
order Tetraodontiformes

Literary usage of Order Sphenisciformes

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)
"... carries the nestlings on her back, or even dives with them in that position. Order III. SPHENISCIFORMES The order Sphenisciformes, with its Sub-Order ..."

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