1. term used in former classifications; erroneously grouped together birds of the orders Falconiformes and Strigiformes; [syn: Raptores, order Raptores]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
order Raptores
n 1: term used in former classifications; erroneously grouped
together birds of the orders Falconiformes and Strigiformes
[syn: Raptores, order Raptores]