Translingual

Proper noun

Ciconiiformes

1. A taxonomic order within the subclass Neognathae – the storks, herons, egrets, ibises, spoonbills, etc.

Hypernyms

• (order): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass

Hyponyms

• (order of birds): Ardeidae, Cochlearidae, Balaenicipitidae, Scopidae, Ciconiidae, Threskiornithidae