Macropteres

See also: macropterus

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Macropteres

1. (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.