Phoenicopteriformes

plural noun

Phoe·​ni·​cop·​ter·​i·​for·​mes

in some especially former classifications

: an order of wading birds coextensive with the family Phoenicopteridae

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Phoenicopterus + -iformes

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