gruiformes
English Thesaurus
1. inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | animal order, |
| definition | : | the order of animals (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | aramus, genus aramus, |
| definition | : | genus of large brown long-billed wading birds found in warm swampy regions of the western hemisphere: courlan; limpkin (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | aramus guarauna, courlan, |
| definition | : | wading bird of South America and Central America (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | aramus pictus, limpkin, |
| definition | : | wading bird of Florida, Cuba and Jamaica having a drooping bill and a distinctive wailing call (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | otides, suborder otides, |
| definition | : | terrestrial game birds of the Old World and Australia: bustards (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | aves, class aves, |
| definition | : | (ornithology) the class of birds (noun.animal) |
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