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order Picariae

order Picariae

9.9
A former scientific group of birds like kingfishers used in older classifications
  • noun
  • Archaic
: orden Picariae
  • The order Picariae was proposed in older classifications but is rarely used today.

Examples

  • Some ornithologists considered kingfishers to belong to the order Picariae.

  • Modern taxonomy has replaced order Picariae with more refined bird groupings.

  • The order Picariae includes various species of birds.

  • Did you know that the order Picariae was once widely recognized?

  • Some ornithologists considered kingfishers to belong to the order Picariae.

  • Modern taxonomy has replaced order Picariae with more refined bird groupings.

  • The order Picariae was proposed in older classifications but is rarely used today.

Synonyms

Picariae
vsorder Picariae
  • Archaic
9.9

A former group of birds like kingfishers and bee-eaters

has the same scope but is used as the formal rank name

Surface Forms

order Picariae singular
order Picariaes plural

Morphology

order + Picariae

This is a straightforward taxonomic noun phrase: 'order' (a taxonomic grouping) combined with the taxon name 'Picariae' yields the literal meaning 'the taxonomic order called Picariae.' Because this follows standard, cross-linguistic biological naming conventions and is fully compositional, a learner who knows both constituents can derive the meaning.

Etymology

Order Picariae may come from the Latin word pica, a name for magpies and similar birds, while order was used as a label for a large scientific 'group of birds'. So the name once meant a group of similar birds and is now an older label that scientists mostly replaced.