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Charadriiformes

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order charadriiformesnoun	large diverse order of aquatic birds found along seacoasts and inland waters: shorebirds and coastal diving birds; most feed on anima life

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order charadriiformesnoun	large diverse order of aquatic birds found along seacoasts and inland waters: shorebirds and coastal diving birds; most feed on anima life
laridae	a family of seabirds in the order Charadriiformes that includes the gulls, terns, noddies, skimmers, and kittiwakes.
balaenicipitidae	a family of birds in the order Pelecaniformes, although it was traditionally placed in Ciconiiformes.
psittacopasserae	—
gruiformes	an order containing a considerable number of living and extinct bird families, with a widespread geographical diversity.
estrildidae	Estrildidae, or estrildid finches, is a family of small seed-eating passerine birds of the Old World tropics and Australasia.
accipitridae	one of the four families within the order Accipitriformes, and is a family of small to large birds of prey with strongly hooked bills and variable morphology based on diet.
icteridnoun	(ornithology) Any member of the family Icteridae of grackles and related New World birds.
bucerotiformes	Bucerotiformes is an order of birds that contains the hornbills, ground hornbills, hoopoes and wood hoopoes.
old world flycatchernoun	Any of various small birds of the passerine family Muscicapidae, of Africa and Eurasia; a muscicapid.
parrotnoun	A kind of bird, many species of which are colorful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae.
cyornis	a genus of birds in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae most of which are native to Southeast Asia.
darternoun	Any of various darting freshwater fish of the family Percidae, that are usually small and brightly coloured and are native to North America.
passerinenoun	Any bird of the order Passeriformes, which comprises more than half of all bird species.
phoebenoun	Any of several birds of the genus Sayornis.
alcidnoun	(ornithology) A bird of the family Alcidae, including auks, auklets, razorbills, dovekies, guillemots, and puffins.
caprimulgus	a large and very widespread genus of nightjars, medium-sized nocturnal birds with long pointed wings, short legs and short bills.
paraviannoun	Any birdlike dinosaur of the clade Paraves, dinosaurs more closely related to birds than to oviraptorosaurs.
cardinalnoun	Describing a “natural” number used to indicate quantity (e.g., zero, one, two, three), as opposed to an ordinal number indicating relative position.
asian thrush	—