Macropteres
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See also: macropterus
Translingual
Etymology
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Proper noun
Macropteres
- (archaic) A taxonomic division within the class Aves – similar to the order Longipennes, including birds such as the gulls.
See also
- Macropteryx (in part in Aerodramus)
- Macropterygidae
References
- “Macropteres”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “Macropteres”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.