ORDER GRUIFORMES Synonyms
There are 7 hypernyms of the phrase order gruiformes. (close relations)
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| gruiformes | nounn | |||||
noun • inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards | ||||||
| rails | adjectiveadj | |||||
noun • a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll | ||||||
| coots | nounn | |||||
noun • slate-black slow-flying birds somewhat resembling ducks | ||||||
| crakes | nounn | |||||
noun • any of several short-billed Old World rails | ||||||
| cranes | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis • United States writer (1871-1900) • large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world • United States poet (1899-1932) • a small constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Phoenix verb • stretch (the neck) so as to see better | ||||||
| moorhens | nounn | |||||
noun • black gallinule that inhabits ponds and lakes • female red grouse | ||||||
