Aves

[ ey-veez ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

1. a class of vertebrates comprising the birds.

Aves

/ ˈeɪviːz /

plural noun

1. See bird
   the class of vertebrates comprising the birds See bird

Word History and Origins

Origin of Aves¹

1895–1900; < New Latin; Latin, plural of avis bird

Word History and Origins

Origin of Aves¹

pl of Latin avis bird

Example Sentences

When I was growing up in the 1940s, there was a category in biology called Aves, which meant birds.

From Nautilus

Edie Falco is that rarest of rarae aves: a down-to-earth diva.

From The Daily Beast

They are in fact undoubted primitive ova with all the characters which primitive ova present in Elasmobranchii, Aves, &c.

From Project Gutenberg

Man is man, though the Virgin and the saints listen to his aves and prayers from beneath a jacket of serge and a fisherman's cap.

From Project Gutenberg

Guinea-fowls from Numidia, (aves Numidicae or merely Numidicae) were a favorite dish.

From Project Gutenberg

Aves Diomedis—judicant inter suos et advenas, &c. Isidorus Orig.

From Project Gutenberg

The long-deferred Aves Island claim has been satisfactorily paid and discharged.

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