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Gruidae ThesaurusNoun | 1. | Gruidae - cranes family Gruidaebird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wingsGruiformes, order Gruiformes - inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustardscrane - large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the worldgenus Grus, Grus - type genus of the Gruidae: typical cranes |
Gruidae
Gruidae[′grü·ə‚dē] (vertebrate zoology) The cranes, a family of large, tall, cosmopolitan wading birds in the order Gruiformes. Gruidae
Synonyms for Gruidaenoun cranesSynonymsRelated Words- bird family
- Gruiformes
- order Gruiformes
- crane
- genus Grus
- Grus
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