| NOUN | animal | order Ciconiiformes, Ciconiiformes | order of chiefly tropical marsh-dwelling fish-eating wading birds with long legs and bills and (except for flamingos) unwebbed feet |
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| Meaning | 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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| Synonym | Ciconiiformes | |
| Member of | Aves, class Aves | (ornithology) the class of birds |
| Members | Ardeidae, family Ardeidae | herons |
| Balaenicipitidae, family Balaenicipitidae | shoebills | |
| Ciconiidae, family Ciconiidae | storks | |
| Phoenicopteridae, family Phoenicopteridae | flamingos | |
| Plataleidae, family Plataleidae | spoonbills | |
| Threskiornithidae, family Threskiornithidae, family Ibidiidae | ibises | |
| Broader | animal order | The order of animals |
| Spanish | ciconiformes | |
| Catalan | Ciconiforme, ciconiformes, Ciconiiformes | |
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