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Aves n. pl. (Zool.) The class of Vertebrata that includes the birds. Note: Aves, or birds, have a complete double circulation, oviparous, reproduction, front limbs peculiarly modified as wings; and they bear feathers. All existing birds have a horny beak, without teeth; but some Mesozoic fossil birds (Odontornithes) had conical teeth inserted in both jaws. The principal groups are: Carinatae, including all existing flying birds; Ratitae, including the ostrich and allies, the apteryx, and the extinct moas; Odontornithes, or fossil birds with teeth. Note: The ordinary birds are classified largely by the structure of the beak and feet, which are in direct relation to their habits. See Beak, Bird, Odontonithes.

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"Aves" Quotes from Famous Books

... place it on the east end of the church, fronting Fleet Street." An unfortunate position, for many raw, unlettered Irishmen, or women, have mistaken it, owing to its environment, to be a statue of the Virgin Mary, and have devoutly crossed themselves, and said their "Aves." ...

— Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign • John Ashton

... your goute the whiche one hath tolde me that ye have, than ye plus de vostre goute (la quelle on ma dit que vous aves) ...

— An Introductorie for to Lerne to Read, To Pronounce, and to Speke French Trewly • Anonymous

... after thousand aves told, For aye unsought-for slept among his ashes cold." (KEATS, Eve of ...

— The Romance of Words (4th ed.) • Ernest Weekley

Words linked to "Aves" : perching bird, Casuariiformes, order Procellariiformes, Colymbiformes, order Insessores, order Dinornithiformes, class, order Struthioniformes, Procellariiformes, Gaviiformes, Galliformes, order Sphenisciformes, Raptores, order Aepyorniformes, superorder Ratitae, Ciconiiformes, Psittaciformes, Gruiformes, genus Protoavis, order Columbiformes, order Charadriiformes, order Apterygiformes, order Podicipitiformes, order Ciconiiformes, order Trogoniformes, order Cuculiformes, subphylum Craniata, Sphenisciformes, order Raptores, subclass Archaeornithes, ornithology, Archaeornithes, Apterygiformes, Cuculiformes, order Pelecaniformes, Pelecaniformes, Craniata, order Piciformes, Anseriformes, Insessores, Falconiformes, Apodiformes, order Gaviiformes, order Rheiformes, order Anseriformes, order Casuariiformes, Podicipitiformes, order Colymbiformes, order Coraciiformes, order Passeriformes, Charadriiformes, Coraciiformes, Rheiformes, order Strigiformes, Passeriformes, Piciformes, bird, Trogoniformes, Podicipediformes, Vertebrata, Dinornithiformes, class Aves, Ratitae, Strigiformes