CICONIIFORMES Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the word ciconiiformes. (close relations)
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| bitterns | nounn | |||||
noun • relatively small compact tawny-brown heron with nocturnal habits and a booming cry; found in marshes | ||||||
| herons | nounn | |||||
noun • grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill • Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century) | ||||||
| ibises | nounn | |||||
noun • Any of various long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, having long downcurved bills used to probe the mud for prey such as crustaceans. | ||||||
| spoonbills | nounn | |||||
noun • wading birds having a long flat bill with a tip like a spoon | ||||||
| storks | nounn | |||||
noun • large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage | ||||||
| order ciconiiformes | nounn | |||||
noun • 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 | ||||||
