NOUN | animal | Cariamidae, family Cariamidae | crane-like South American wading birds |
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Meaning | Crane-like South American wading birds. | |
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Synonym | family Cariamidae | |
Member of | Gruiformes, order Gruiformes | inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food |
Members | Cariama, genus Cariama | The type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama |
genus Chunga | A genus of Cariamidae | |
Broader | bird family | A family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings |
Spanish | Cariamidae, familia Cariamidae | |
Catalan | Cariamidae |
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