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English noun: order Ciconiiformes

1. order 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


SynonymsCiconiiformes


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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