spoonbill

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Conceptos

espátula

plateíno

espatùla

Sinónimos

bittern

shoveler

common spoonbill

Mississippi paddlefish

American paddlefish

Traducciones

spatola

spatule

Löffler

lepelaar

bayağı kaşıkçı

χουλιαρομύτα

Platalea

kaşıkçın

Platalea

bec planer

أبو ملعقة

colhereiro

Etimología (Inglés)

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