Library / English Dictionary |
GRUIFORMES
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards
Synonyms:
Gruiformes; order Gruiformes
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Gruiformes" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Gruiformes"):
family Gruidae; Gruidae (cranes)
Aramus; genus Aramus (genus of large brown long-billed wading birds found in warm swampy regions of the western hemisphere: courlan; limpkin)
Aramus guarauna; courlan (wading bird of South America and Central America)
Aramus pictus; limpkin (wading bird of Florida, Cuba and Jamaica having a drooping bill and a distinctive wailing call)
Cariamidae; family Cariamidae (crane-like South American wading birds)
family Rallidae; Rallidae (rails; crakes; gallinules; coots)
Otides; suborder Otides (terrestrial game birds of the Old World and Australia: bustards)
family Otididae; Otididae (bustards)
family Turnicidae; Turnicidae (small Old World birds resembling but not related to true quail)
family Psophiidae; Psophiidae (trumpeters)
Holonyms ("Gruiformes" is a member of...):
Aves; class Aves ((ornithology) the class of birds)