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Definition of Podicipitiformes
1. Noun. Grebes.
Exact synonyms: Colymbiformes, Order Colymbiformes, Order Podicipediformes, Order Podicipitiformes, Podicipediformes
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Aves, Class Aves
Member holonyms: Podicipitiform Seabird, Family Podicipedidae, Podicipedidae
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Aves, Class Aves
Member holonyms: Podicipitiform Seabird, Family Podicipedidae, Podicipedidae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Podicipitiformes
Literary usage of Podicipitiformes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1904)
"... in a Suborder podicipitiformes. Therefore I can proceed to the consideration
of the osteology of the grebes. THE SKELETON OF THE GREBES. ..."
2. Bulletin by New York State Museum of Natural History, New York State Museum (1909)
"... we find the Anseriformes, podicipitiformes, and the Ciconiiformes as suborders
arrayed under his order ..."