Gruiformes

Gruiformes
noun
inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards
• Syn: ↑order Gruiformes
• Hypernyms: ↑animal order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Aves, ↑class Aves
• Member Meronyms:

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈfȯrˌmēz\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Grus + -iformes
: a nearly cosmopolitan order of birds that are typically marsh-dwelling and wading birds with long legs, neck, and bill and rather heavy flight and that include the cranes, rails and coots, bustards, and a number of related tropical birds — see cariama

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