English noun: Ciconiiformes |
1. | Ciconiiformes (animal) order of chiefly tropical marsh-dwelling fish-eating wading birds with long legs and bills and (except for flamingos) unwebbed feet: herons; storks; spoonbills; flamingos; ibises |
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| Synonyms | order Ciconiiformes |
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| Broader (hypernym) | animal order |
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| Member holonym | Ardeidae, Balaenicipitidae, Ciconiidae, family Ardeidae, family Balaenicipitidae, family Ciconiidae, family Ibidiidae, family Phoenicopteridae, family Plataleidae, family Threskiornithidae, Phoenicopteridae, Plataleidae, Threskiornithidae |
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| Member meronym | Aves, class Aves |
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