spoonbill

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

spatola

sinonimi

bittern

shoveler

common spoonbill

Mississippi paddlefish

American paddlefish

Traduzioni

spatule

lepelaar

Löffler

espátula

bayağı kaşıkçı

χουλιαρομύτα

Platalea

Platalea

kaşıkçın

spatule_

سبون بيل - نوع من الطيور

löffler

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Etimologia (Inglese)

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