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gruiformes
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun gruiformes has 1 sense
- gruiformes(n = noun.animal) order gruiformes - inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards; Array is a kind of animal order
is a member of aves, class aves
CIDE DICTIONARY
gruiformes, n.
An order of inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food, including cranes, rails, and bustards. [WordNet 1.5]
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