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Ciconiiformes

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n.1.an order of chiefly tropical marsh-dwelling fish-eating wading birds with long legs and bills and (except for flamingos) unwebbed feet, including the herons; storks; spoonbills; flamingos; and ibises.
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Noun1.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
order Ciconiiformes
animal order - the order of animals
Aves, class Aves - (ornithology) the class of birds
Ciconiidae, family Ciconiidae - storks
Balaenicipitidae, family Balaenicipitidae - shoebills
family Ibidiidae, family Threskiornithidae, Threskiornithidae - ibises
family Plataleidae, Plataleidae - spoonbills
family Phoenicopteridae, Phoenicopteridae - flamingos
Ardeidae, family Ardeidae - herons; egrets; night herons; bitterns
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