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    GALLIFORMES

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Pheasants; turkeys; grouse; partridges; quails; chickens; brush turkeys; curassows; hoatzinsplay

    Synonyms:

    Galliformes; order Galliformes

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Galliformes" is a kind of...):

    animal order (the order of animals)

    Meronyms (members of "Galliformes"):

    gallinacean; gallinaceous bird (heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds)

    family Meleagrididae; Meleagrididae (turkeys and some extinct forms)

    family Tetraonidae; Tetraonidae (grouse)

    Cracidae; family Cracidae (curassows; guans; chachalacas)

    family Megapodiidae; Megapodiidae (megapodes)

    family Phasianidae; Phasianidae (pheasants; quails; partridges)

    family Opisthocomidae; Opisthocomidae (comprising the hoatzins)

    Holonyms ("Galliformes" is a member of...):

    Aves; class Aves ((ornithology) the class of birds)

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