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Definition of Gruiformes
1. Noun. Inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Aves, Class Aves
Member holonyms: Family Gruidae, Gruidae, Aramus, Genus Aramus, Aramus Guarauna, Courlan, Aramus Pictus, Limpkin, Cariamidae, Family Cariamidae, Family Rallidae, Rallidae, Otides, Suborder Otides, Family Otididae, Otididae, Family Turnicidae, Turnicidae, Family Psophiidae, Psophiidae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gruiformes
Literary usage of Gruiformes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1916)
"... was a family belonging among the Cranes and their allies (Gruiformes), and
the remodeled one, in which my present views were set forth. ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... in particular of the Galliformes, when these were still scarcely separated
from the Gruiformes, especially rail-like birds, leads through ..."
3. Vertebrate Zoölogy by Horatio Hackett Newman (1920)
"THE CRANE-LIKE BIRDS (Gruiformes) The majority of the members of this order are
waders, but some, such as the bustards and the ..."
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