GRUIFORM

Meaning of GRUIFORM in English

-əˌfȯrm adjective

Etymology: in sense 1, from Latin grus crane + English -iform; in sense 2, from New Latin Gruiformes — more at grus

1. : resembling a crane

2. : of or relating to the Gruiformes

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

GRUIFORM — /grooh"euh fawrm'/ , adj. Ornith. of or pertaining to birds of the order Gruiformes, including cranes, rails, and coots. [ …
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MESITE — any of several species of small, brownish ground-dwelling birds constituting the family Mesitornithidae (sometimes Mesoenatidae), order Gruiformes. They are about …
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