order Ciconiiformes
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Noun | 1. | 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 animal order - the order of animals Aves, class Aves - (ornithology) the class of birds Ciconiidae, family Ciconiidae - storks Balaenicipitidae, family Balaenicipitidae - shoebills family Plataleidae, Plataleidae - spoonbills family Phoenicopteridae, Phoenicopteridae - flamingos Ardeidae, family Ardeidae - herons; egrets; night herons; bitterns |
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