noun
inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards
• Syn: ↑Gruiformes
• Hypernyms: ↑animal order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Aves, ↑class Aves
• Member Meronyms:
↑Gruidae, ↑family Gruidae, ↑Aramus, ↑genus Aramus, ↑courlan, ↑Aramus guarauna, ↑limpkin, ↑Aramus pictus, ↑Cariamidae, ↑family Cariamidae, ↑Rallidae, ↑family Rallidae, ↑Otides, ↑suborder Otides, ↑Otididae, ↑family Otididae, ↑Turnicidae, ↑family Turnicidae, ↑Psophiidae, ↑family Psophiidae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.