spoonbill
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From spoon + bill, owing to the shape of the animal's beak.
Noun
[edit]spoonbill (plural spoonbills)
- Any of various large, long-legged wading birds in the ibis family Threskiornithidae, that have a large, flat, spatulate bill.
- (US) A species of fish, Polyodon spathula, native to the Mississippi/Ohio/Missouri river basin, or extinct close relatives.
- Synonym: paddlefish
Derived terms
[edit]- African spoonbill (Platalea alba)
- black-faced spoonbill (Platalea minor)
- Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
- roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)
- royal spoonbill (Platalea regia)
- yellow-billed spoonbill (Platalea flavipes)
Translations
[edit]bird
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paddlefish — see paddlefish
Further reading
[edit]- spoonbill on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Paddlefish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia