family Balaenicipitidae

Thesaurus

Noun

1.family Balaenicipitidae - shoebills 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