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 Meaning of FALCONIFORMES
|  WordNet Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | [n]  chiefly diurnal carnivorous birds having hooked beaks and long talons with opposable hind toe: falcons; hawks; eagles; ospreys; caracaras; vultures |  |  |  |  | Websites: |  |  |  |  |  |  | Synonyms: |  | order Falconiformes |  |  |  |  | See Also: |  | Accipitridae, animal order, Aves, Cathartidae, class Aves, Falconidae, family Accipitridae, family Cathartidae, family Falconidae, family Pandionidae, family Sagittariidae, Pandionidae, Sagittariidae |  |     |    |  |