- family Gruidae
- nouncranes• Syn: ↑Gruidae• Hypernyms: ↑bird family• Member Holonyms: ↑Gruiformes, ↑order Gruiformes• Member Meronyms: ↑crane, ↑Grus, ↑genus Grus
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family Gruidae
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Gruidae — n. The natural family comprising the cranes. Syn: family {Gruidae}. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Gruidae — noun cranes • Syn: ↑family Gruidae • Hypernyms: ↑bird family • Member Holonyms: ↑Gruiformes, ↑order Gruiformes • Member Meronyms: ↑crane … Useful english dictionary
bird family — noun a family of warm blooded egg laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑Struthionidae, ↑family Struthionidae, ↑Casuaridae, ↑family Casuaridae, ↑Apterygidae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Crane (bird) — Cranes Indian Sarus Cranes Grus antigone antigone Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
gruiform — /grooh euh fawrm /, adj. Ornith. of or pertaining to birds of the order Gruiformes, including cranes, rails, and coots. [1895 1900; < NL gruiformis, sing. of Gruiformes, equiv. to Gru , s. of Grus a genus of the order (L grus CRANE) + iformes… … Universalium
Grey Crowned Crane — In Tanzania Conservation status … Wikipedia
List of Southern African birds — This is a list of the bird species recorded in Southern Africa. Southern Africa is defined as Africa south of a line between the Kunene and Zambezi rivers, encompassing Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland and southern… … Wikipedia
Common Crane — Conservation status Least Concern … Wikipedia
Gruiformes — Taxobox name = Gruiformes image width = 240px image caption = Crested Crane, Balearica regulorum gibbericeps regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves infraclassis = Neognathae ordo = Gruiformes ordo authority = Bonaparte, 1854… … Wikipedia
crane — /krayn/, n., v., craned, craning. n. 1. any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe. 2. (not used scientifically) any of various similar birds of other families, as the great… … Universalium
