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gru•i•form
(gro̅o̅′ə fôrm′),USA pronunciation adj. [Ornith.]
- Birdsof or pertaining to birds of the order Gruiformes, including cranes, rails, and coots.
- Neo-Latin gruiformis, singular of Gruiformes, equivalent. to Gru-, stem of Grus a genus of the order (Latin grūs crane) + -iformes -iformes
- 1895–1900