Australaves
Translingual
Alternative forms
- (deprecated) Astralavis
Etymology
From Latin austrālis m or f (“southern, Australian”) + Latin avēs f (“birds”), plural of Latin avis f (“bird”). The clade was originally written in the singular as Astralavis, but was later changed, as most higher-rank taxa are in the plural case.
Proper noun
Australaves
- A taxonomic clade within the superorder Neoaves – certain birds.
Hypernyms
- (clade): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Telluraves – clade
Hyponyms
- (clade): Cariamiformes, Falconiformes, Passeriformes, Psittaciformes – orders
Coordinate terms
- (clade in Telluraves): Afroaves – clade
References
- Australaves on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Australaves on Wikispecies.Wikispecies