We found 2 definitions of ciconiidae from 2 different sources.
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ciconiidae - storks | ||
family Ciconiidae | ||
bird family a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings | ||
ciconiiformes, order ciconiiformes 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 | ||
stork large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage | ||
ciconia, genus ciconia type genus of the Ciconiidae: European storks | ||
genus leptoptilus, leptoptilus adjutant birds and marabous | ||
anastomus, genus anastomus openbills | ||
genus jabiru jabirus | ||
ephippiorhynchus, genus ephippiorhynchus saddlebills | ||
genus xenorhyncus, xenorhyncus East Indian and Australian storks |