English > Gruiformes: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards. |
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| Synonym | order Gruiformes |
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| Member of | Aves, class Aves | (ornithology) the class of birds |
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| Members | Aramus, genus Aramus | genus of large brown long-billed wading birds found in warm swampy regions of the western hemisphere |
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| Cariamidae, family Cariamidae | Crane-like South American wading birds |
| Gruidae, family Gruidae | cranes |
| Otides, suborder Otides | terrestrial game birds of the Old World and Australia |
| Otididae, family Otididae | bustards |
| Psophiidae, family Psophiidae | trumpeters |
| Rallidae, family Rallidae | rails |
| Turnicidae, family Turnicidae | small Old World birds resembling but not related to true quail |
| courlan, Aramus guarauna | wading bird of South America and Central America |
| limpkin, Aramus pictus | wading bird of Florida, Cuba and Jamaica having a drooping bill and a distinctive wailing call |
| Broader | animal order | The order of animals |
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| Spanish | gruiformes |
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| Catalan | Gruïforme, gruiformes, Gruiformes, gruïformes |
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