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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


Synonymsorder Ciconiiformes


Broader (hypernym)animal order


Member holonymArdeidae, Balaenicipitidae, Ciconiidae, family Ardeidae, family Balaenicipitidae, family Ciconiidae, family Ibidiidae, family Phoenicopteridae, family Plataleidae, family Threskiornithidae, Phoenicopteridae, Plataleidae, Threskiornithidae


Member meronymAves, class Aves









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