SINCE 1828
Neognathae
plural noun
Ne·og·na·thae
| \ nēˈägnəˌthē\
Definition of Neognathae
: a superorder of Neornithes that includes most existing birds and that is characterized by reduction of the median bones of the palate — see palaeognathae
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