order ciconiiformes

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order ciconiiformes - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  order Ciconiiformes
      n 1: 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 [syn: Ciconiiformes, order Ciconiiformes]