səˌkōnēəˈfȯrˌmēz noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Ciconia + -iformes
: an order of chiefly tropical fish-eating wading birds including the herons, storks, spoonbills, flamingos, and related forms all relatively large and usually with long legs and bills, upright carriage, and excepting the flamingos unwebbed feet