Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Birds; feathered animals, considered as a class of vertebrates,next after mammals: sometimes united with Reptilia in a superclass Sauropsida, distinguished on the one hand from
Mammalia , and on the other fromIchthyopsida , or amphibians and fishes together.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Zoöl.) The class of Vertebrata that includes the birds.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (ornithology) the class of birds
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Also aves is not nested in repltilia - olegt has said that.
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Also aves is not nested in repltilia - olegt has said that.
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E.g., aves is a clade that originated well after the Cambrian Explosion, while larger phylogenetic categories have their roots in the Precambrian.
Continuation… 2008
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It is certain that Irish peasant girls often repeat their "aves" from the round seeds of the Bedstraw, using them for beads in the absence of a rosary; [232] and hence, perhaps, has been derived the name Our Lady's Be (a) dstraw.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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I never heard of such a thing before; we don't have 'aves' in Portland.
Little Folks Astray Sophie May 1869
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Hpa-radix2u blogspot. com saya) adalah: ayam (and any kind of aves familia) susu kan) he's the one whos being ridiculous the worst part yang pada kenyataannya jauh lebih menguras energi dan memeras.
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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Hpa-radix2u blogspot. com saya) adalah: ayam (and any kind of aves familia) susu kan) he's the one whos being ridiculous the worst part yang pada kenyataannya jauh lebih menguras energi dan memeras.
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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Chestnut stuffing for poultry: Relleno de castañas para aves by
The whole enchilada: Thrifty variations on a Mexican classic 2009
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Chestnut stuffing for poultry: Relleno de castañas para aves by
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Chestnut stuffing for poultry: Relleno de castañas para aves by
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