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Definition: Falconiformes |
FalconiformesNoun1. Chiefly diurnal carnivorous birds having hooked beaks and long talons with opposable hind toe: falcons; hawks; eagles; ospreys; caracaras; vultures. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Food & Agriculture | An order of chiefly diurnal flesh-eating birds including the hawks, eagles, vultures and related birds. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Accipitridae Pandionidae Falconidae Sagittariidae Cathartidae |
The order Falconiformes is a group of about 290 species of birds that include the diurnal birds of prey. Raptor classification is fraught with difficulty and the order is treated in several different ways.
Falconiformes have strong legs and feet with raptorial claws and an opposable hind claw. Almost all Falconiforms are carnivorous, hunting by sight during the day or at twilight. They are exceptionally long-lived, and most have low reproductive rates.
The young have a long, very fast-growing fledgling stage, followed by 3-8 weeks of nest care after first flight and 1-3 years as sexually immature adults. The sexes have conspicuously different sizes, and monogamy is the general rule.
DNA studies mean that it is likely to be some time until a consensus is restored on this group of birds. See Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy.
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Synonym: FalconiformesSynonym: order Falconiformes (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Falconiformes |
| English words defined with "Falconiformes": Accipitriformes ♦ Falconidae, family Falconidae ♦ order Accipitriformes, order Falconiformes, order Raptores ♦ Raptores. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Falconiformes": Eagles ♦ goshawks ♦ harriers, hawks ♦ Old World vultures ♦ Raptors. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Falconiformes" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Latin (diurnal birds of prey, falconiformes, prey, preyed, preying, prey''s). |
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Expression using "Falconiformes": order Falconiformes. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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falconiformes | 10 |
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| Language | Translations for "Falconiformes"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | rovfugle (diurnal birds of prey). (various references) | |
Dutch | roofvogels (diurnal birds of prey). (various references) | |
French | falconiformes, rapaces. (various references) | |
German | Tag raubvoegel (diurnal birds of prey), Greifvoegel (diurnal birds of prey). (various references) | |
Greek | ιερακόμορφα (diurnal birds of prey), αρπακτικά (diurnal birds of prey). (various references) | |
Italian | rapaci (diurnal birds of prey). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | alconiformesfay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | aves de presa (diurnal birds of prey). (various references) | |
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Falconiformes. (various references) |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-f-f-i-l-m-n-o-o-r-s" | |
-3 letters: falconries, frolicsome, normalcies. | |
-4 letters: acroleins, acromions, aerofoils, aeronomic, almonries, amelcorns, censorial, coenamors, coliforms, conformal, cornmeals, erosional, falciform, falconers, flamencos, formalins, formalise, inflamers, monorails, normalise, raffinose, rooflines, semicolon. | |
-5 letters: acrolein, acromion, acrosome, aerofoil, ailerons, alfresco, alienors, almoners, alnicoes, amelcorn, caffeins, calories, camisole, carioles, carlines, carmines, claimers, clarions, coenamor, coinfers, coliform, colinear, colonies, colonise, colorism, colorman, colormen, confirms, conforms, conifers, consoler, cornmeal, coronals, coronels, cremains, eclosion, ensiform, falconer, fanciers, farinose, farnesol, fermions, flamenco, flamines, focalise, foilsman, foilsmen, folacins, foramens, forensic, foresail, formalin, fornical, fornices, incloser, incomers, inflamer, inflames, informal, ionomers, laconism, laminose, lanciers, licensor, limacons, marlines, melanics, meniscal, minerals, minorcas, miracles, miscolor, misenrol, mislearn, monocles, monofils, monorail, mooncalf, moonrise, moonsail, moraines, moralise, officers, oinomels, omicrons, orcinols, reclaims, rifleman, romaines, romances, romanise, roofline, saleroom, scenario, sclaffer, scleroma, scolioma, seafloor, semolina, sermonic, simoleon, sniffler. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01100001 01101100 01100011 01101111 01101110 01101001 01100110 01101111 01110010 01101101 01100101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F a l c o n i f o r m e s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0061 006C 0063 006F 006E 0069 0066 006F 0072 006D 0065 0073 |
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