colymbiformes meaning

• Noun: Colymbiformes
  1. Grebes
     - Podicipitiformes, order Podicipitiformes, Podicipediformes, order Podicipediformes, order Colymbiformes

  Type of: animal order

  Part of: Aves, class Aves

  Encyclopedia: Colymbiformes

• order colymbiformes:    Noun: order Colymb ...

Examples

1. They were once believed to be related to grebes, which are also foot-propelled diving birds, and both species were once classified together under the order Colymbiformes.