A taxonomic group or class referring to rooster-shaped or rooster-like organisms, used in historical biological classification.
From Greek 'alektryon' (rooster) plus 'morphe' (form, shape), creating a taxonomic category based on rooster-like appearance.
Early naturalists organized life by what things looked like—if it was shaped like a rooster, it went in 'alectoromorphae,' which is why old taxonomy reads like poetry about shapes.
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