gruidae

English Thesaurus

1. cranes (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bird family,
definition	:	a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	crane,
definition	:	large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus grus, grus,
definition	:	type genus of the Gruidae: typical cranes (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	gruiformes, order gruiformes,
definition	:	inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards (noun.animal)