ciconiiformes
English Thesaurus
1. 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 (noun.animal)
hypernym | : | animal order, |
definition | : | the order of animals (noun.animal) |
member holonym | : | ciconiidae, family ciconiidae, |
definition | : | storks (noun.animal) |
member holonym | : | balaenicipitidae, family balaenicipitidae, |
definition | : | shoebills (noun.animal) |
member holonym | : | family ibidiidae, family threskiornithidae, threskiornithidae, |
definition | : | ibises (noun.animal) |
member holonym | : | family plataleidae, plataleidae, |
definition | : | spoonbills (noun.animal) |
member holonym | : | family phoenicopteridae, phoenicopteridae, |
definition | : | flamingos (noun.animal) |
member holonym | : | ardeidae, family ardeidae, |
definition | : | herons; egrets; night herons; bitterns (noun.animal) |
member meronym | : | aves, class aves, |
definition | : | (ornithology) the class of birds (noun.animal) |
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