Aves

[ ey-veez ]

/ ˈeɪ viz /

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noun (used with a plural verb)

a class of vertebrates comprising the birds.

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Origin of Aves

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

Words nearby Aves

aversive conditioning, avert, averted, Avertin, Avery, Aves, Avesta, Avestan, A-V extrasystole, Aveyron, AVF

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How to use Aves in a sentence

When I was growing up in the 1940s, there was a category in biology called Aves, which meant birds.
Why Birds Can Fly Over Mount Everest - Issue 94: Evolving|Walter Murch|December 30, 2020|Nautilus
Edie Falco is that rarest of rarae aves: a down-to-earth diva.
Edie Falco Comes Clean|Kevin Sessums|May 16, 2010|DAILY BEAST
They are in fact undoubted primitive ova with all the characters which primitive ova present in Elasmobranchii, Aves, &c.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1|Francis Maitland Balfour
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.
The Bravo|J. Fenimore Cooper

Guinea-fowls from Numidia, (aves Numidicae or merely Numidicae) were a favorite dish.
Quintus Claudius, Volume 1 of 2|Ernst Eckstein
Aves Diomedis—judicant inter suos et advenas, &c. Isidorus Orig.
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.)|Jacob Bryant
The long-deferred Aves Island claim has been satisfactorily paid and discharged.
The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln, Volume Seven|Abraham Lincoln

British Dictionary definitions for Aves

Aves

/ (ˈeɪviːz) /

pl n

the class of vertebrates comprising the birdsSee bird (def. 1)

Word Origin for Aves

pl of Latin avis bird

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