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Definition of Order dinornithiformes
1. Noun. A ratite bird order: recently extinct flightless birds of New Zealand.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Aves, Class Aves
Member holonyms: Dinornithidae, Family Dinornithidae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Dinornithiformes
Literary usage of Order dinornithiformes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1897)
"... notes on the skull, sternum, and shoulder-girdle ; CW ANDREWS, Ibis, 1896, pp.
376-389, pis. viii & ix. Order DINORNITHIFORMES. ..."
2. Вестник зоологии. Отдельний выпуск by НАН Украины, Instytut zoolohiï (Akademii︠a︡ nauk Ukraïnsʹkoï RSR), Instytut zoolohiï im. I.I. Shmalʹhauzena (1902)
"C. rothschildi, n. sp., loc. Î; MATSCHIE, J. Ornith. 1901, p. 268: is from 1901, pp.
194-196. Berau Peninsula ; ROTHSCHILD, tcp 361. Order DINORNITHIFORMES. ..."