spoonbill

Significat (Anglès)

1. Any of various large, long-legged wading birds of the genus Platalea, in the ibis family Threskiornithidae, that have a large, flat, spatulate bill.
2. (US) A species of fish, Polyodon spathula, native to the river basins of Mississippi, Ohio, and Missouri, or its extinct close relatives.

Conceptes

bec planer

Sinònims

bittern

shoveler

common spoonbill

Mississippi paddlefish

American paddlefish

Traduccions

spatola

spatule

Löffler

lepelaar

espátula

bayağı kaşıkçı

χουλιαρομύτα

Platalea

Platalea

kaşıkçın

سبون بيل - نوع من الطيور

είδος ερωδίου

löffler

Etimologia (Anglès)

From spoon + bill, owing to the shape of the animal's beak.