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GRUIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cranes
Synonyms:
family Gruidae; Gruidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Gruidae" is a kind of...):
bird family (a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)
Meronyms (members of "Gruidae"):
crane (large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world)
genus Grus; Grus (type genus of the Gruidae: typical cranes)
Holonyms ("Gruidae" is a member of...):
Gruiformes; order Gruiformes (inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards)
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