Akademik

Ciconiidae

noun

storks

• Syn: ↑family Ciconiidae

• Hypernyms: ↑bird family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Ciconiiformes, ↑order Ciconiiformes

• Member Meronyms:

↑stork, ↑Ciconia, ↑genus Ciconia, ↑Leptoptilus, ↑genus Leptoptilus, ↑Anastomus, ↑genus Anastomus, ↑genus Jabiru, ↑Ephippiorhynchus, ↑genus Ephippiorhynchus, ↑Xenorhyncus, ↑genus Xenorhyncus, ↑Mycteria, ↑genus Mycteria

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\\ˌsikəˈnīəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Ciconia, type genus + -idae

: a family of birds comprising the storks and jabirus and with the ibises, spoonbills, and a few related forms constituting a suborder of the order Ciconiiformes

Useful english dictionary. 2012.