Neoaves

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Translingual

Etymology

From neo- +‎ Aves.

Proper noun

Neoaves

  1. Most modern birds, excluding Anseriformes (eg, ducks) and Galliformes (eg, chickens) and Paleognathae (eg, ostriches, rheas)
    1. A taxonomic clade within the superorder Neognathae.
    2. A taxonomic superorder within the infraclass Neognathae.

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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