Aves

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "aves"

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin avēs, nominative plural of avis (“bird”).

Proper noun

Aves

The birds. Depending on the classification, either:
1. A taxonomic class within the subphylum Vertebrata.
2. A taxonomic subclass within the class Reptilia.

Hypernyms

(class): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Eureptilia, Romeriida - clades; Diapsida - subclass; Archosauromorpha - infraclass; Archosauria - division; Ornithodira - subsection; Dinosauria - superorder; Saurischia - order; Eusaurischia - taxon; Theropoda - suborder; Tetanurae - infraorder; Avetheropoda, Coelurosauria, Maniraptoriformes, Eumaniraptora, Avialae - taxa
(subclass): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class

Hyponyms

(class): Neognathae, Paleognathae - clades
(subclass): Neognathae, Paleognathae - infraclasses; Galloanseri, Neoaves - superorders in Neognathae

References

“Aves”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
“Aves”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Aves on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Aves on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Aves on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Aves at the Tree of Life Web Project

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248

English

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Aves (disambiguation)

Proper noun

Aves

A surname

Noun

Aves

plural of Ave

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