Neornithes

Translingual

Aix galericulata

Merops apiaster

Etymology

From Ancient Greek prefix νεο- (neo-), from νέος (néos, “new, young”) and ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”)

Proper noun

Neornithes

A taxonomic infraclass within the class Aves – all modern birds, characterized by many adaptations for flight, such as a four-chambered heart and feathers, and differentiated from other, older birds by having a beak with no teeth.

Hypernyms

(infraclass): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Chordata Craniata - clade; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Aves - class; Carinatae - subclass

Hyponyms

(infraclass): Palaeognathae, Neognathae, Odontognathae (not included in some systems) - parvclasses

References

Modern birds on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Neornithes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Neornithes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Neornithes at the Tree of Life Web Project

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