family cariamidae

English Thesaurus

1. crane-like South American wading birds (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bird family,
definition	:	a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	cariama, genus cariama,
definition	:	the type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus chunga,
definition	:	a genus of Cariamidae (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	gruiformes, order gruiformes,
definition	:	inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards (noun.animal)