order ciconiiformes

Noun (1)

1. 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, ibisesSynonyms: CiconiiformesType of animal orderMember of Aves, class AvesMembers Ciconiidae, Threskiornithidae, Plataleidae, Balaenicipitidae, Phoenicopteridae, Ardeidae