cuculiform bird birds having zygodactyl feet (except for the touracos)
coraciiform bird chiefly short-legged arboreal nonpasserine birds that nest in holes
columbiform bird a cosmopolitan order of land birds having small heads and short legs with four unwebbed toes
piciform bird any of numerous nonpasserine insectivorous climbing birds usually having strong bills for boring wood
Cuculiformes cuckoos; touracos; etc.
caprimulgiform bird long-winged nonpasserine birds
apodiform bird nonpasserine bird having long wings and weak feet
passeriform bird perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless
cycle of rebirth (Hinduism) repeated rebirth in new forms
anseriform bird chiefly web-footed swimming birds
gaviiform seabird seabirds of the order Gaviiformes
pelecaniform seabird large fish-eating seabird with four-toed webbed feet
cumuliform shaped like a cumulus cloud
cuneiform bone a wrist bone that articulates with the pisiform and hamate and lunate bones
baculiform formed like a bacillus
Kekule formula a closed chain of 6 carbon atoms with hydrogen atoms attached
procellariiform seabird large long-winged bird with hooked bill and tubular nostrils that wanders the open seas
family Formicariidae antbirds
California bay tree Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood
California privet semi-evergreen Japanese shrub having malodorous flowers