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

1. A taxonomic clade within the subclass 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; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Carinatae - subclass

Hyponyms

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

References

• Modern birds on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Neornithes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Neornithes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons