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order Ciconiiformes, n.

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
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Ciconiiformes order Ciconiiformes

semantic pointers

hypernym

animal order

member holonym

Aves, class Aves

member meronym

Ciconiidae, family Ciconiidae Balaenicipitidae, family Balaenicipitidae Threskiornithidae, family Threskiornithidae, family Ibidiidae Plataleidae, family Plataleidae Phoenicopteridae, family Phoenicopteridae Ardeidae, family Ardeidae