Definition of gruiformeses Gruiformeses

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Noun
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