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Balaenicipitidae
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  Balaenicipitidae - shoebills family Balaenicipitidaebird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wingsCiconiiformes, order Ciconiiformes - 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; ibisesBalaeniceps, genus Balaeniceps - type genus of the Balaenicipitidae: shoebills |
Balaenicipitidae
Balaenicipitidae[bə‚lēn·ə·sə′pid·ə‚dē] (vertebrate zoology) A family of wading birds composed of a single species, the shoebill stork (Balaeniceps rex), in the order Ciconiiformes. Balaenicipitidae
Synonyms for Balaenicipitidaenoun shoebillsSynonymsRelated Words- bird family
- Ciconiiformes
- order Ciconiiformes
- Balaeniceps
- genus Balaeniceps
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