| Noun | 1. | order Gruiformes - inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards 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 family Psophiidae, Psophiidae - trumpeters |