Ciconiiformes
plural noun
Ci·co·ni·ifor·mes
səˌkōnēəˈfȯrˌmēz
: an order of chiefly tropical fish-eating wading birds including the herons, storks, spoonbills, flamingos, and related forms all relatively large and usually with long legs and bills, upright carriage, and excepting the flamingos unwebbed feet
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from New Latin, from Ciconia ciconia + -iformes -iformes
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