Aves

See also: aves

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin avēs, nominative plural of avis ‎(“bird”).

Proper noun

Aves

1. The birds
   1. A taxonomic class within the subphylum Vertebrata.
   2. A taxonomic subclass within the class Reptilia.

Hypernyms

• (class): Reptilia - class; Eureptilia, Romeriida - clades; Diapsida - subclass; Archosauromorpha - infraclass; Archosauria - division; Ornithodira - subsection; Dinosauria - superorder; Saurischia - order; Eusaurischia - taxon; Theropoda - suborder; Tetanurae - infraorder; Avetheropoda, Coelurosauria, Maniraptoriformes, Eumaniraptora, Avialae - taxa
• (subclass): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Reptilia - class

Hyponyms

• (class): Neognathae, Paleognathae - clades
• (subclass): Neognathae, Paleognathae - infraclasses; Galloanseri, Neoaves - superorders in Neognathae

External links

• Aves on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Aves on Wikispecies. Wikispecies
•  Aves on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons

References

• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521