Colymbiformes

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Colymbiformes \Colymbiformes\ n.
     1. an order of birds, including the family {Podicipedidae},
        which consitutes the grebes.
  
     Syn: Podicipitiformes, order {Podicipitiformes},
          Podicipediformes, order {Podicipediformes}, order


          {Colymbiformes}.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Colymbiformes
       n : grebes [syn: {Podicipitiformes}, {order Podicipitiformes}, {Podicipediformes},
            {order Podicipediformes}, {order Colymbiformes}]