Definition of gruiformes Gruiformes
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What does gruiformes mean?
WordNet
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| gruiformes - inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards | ||
| order Gruiformes | ||
| animal order the order of animals | ||
| aves, class aves (ornithology) the class of birds | ||
| family gruidae, gruidae cranes | ||
| aramus, genus aramus genus of large brown long-billed wading birds found in warm swampy regions of the western hemisphere: courlan; limpkin | ||
| aramus guarauna, courlan wading bird of South America and Central America | ||
| aramus pictus, limpkin wading bird of Florida, Cuba and Jamaica having a drooping bill and a distinctive wailing call | ||
| cariamidae, family cariamidae crane-like South American wading birds | ||
| family rallidae, rallidae rails; crakes; gallinules; coots | ||
| otides, suborder otides terrestrial game birds of the Old World and Australia: bustards | ||
| family otididae, otididae bustards | ||
| family turnicidae, turnicidae small Old World birds resembling but not related to true quail | ||
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Part of speech
🔤- gruiformes, noun, singular of gruiformeses / gruiformesses.
