Definition of Aves in English:
Aves
plural nounˈeɪviːzˈɑːveɪzˈävāz
Zoology A class of vertebrates which comprises the birds.
Example sentencesExamples
- Hence, the possession of feathers is unique to birds and defines all members of the class Aves.
- Let's investigate the origin and evolution of flight in our representative taxa: the Pterosauria, Aves, and Chiroptera (bats).
- Now that is fine, but if you want a pretty strong line of evidence to show that birds came from theropods, then add a lot of theropods to the class Aves.
- However, the discovery that some dromaeosaurs could fly identifies them as birds and now places them within the class Aves.
- The new edition also includes, significantly, a chapter on birds of the Mesozoic, thereby officially recognizing that Aves belongs to the larger grouping, Dinosauria.
Origin
Latin, plural of avis 'bird'.