spoonbill

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

bittern

shoveler

common spoonbill

Mississippi paddlefish

American paddlefish

Translations

spatule

spatola

Löffler

lepelaar

espátula

bayağı kaşıkçı

χουλιαρομύτα

Platalea

Platalea

kaşıkçın

είδος ερωδίου

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löffler

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Etymology

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