spoonbill en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈspunˌbɪl/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From spoon + bill, owing to the shape of the animal's beak.
Meanings
- Any of various large, long-legged wading birds of the genus Platalea, in the ibis family Threskiornithidae, that have a large, flat, spatulate bill.
- (US) A species of fish, Polyodon spathula, native to the river basins of Mississippi, Ohio, and Missouri, or its extinct close relatives.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| spoonbills | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Eurasian spoonbill · roseate spoonbill · royal spoonbill · black-faced spoonbill · African spoonbill · yellow-billed spoonbill
Synonyms
paddlefish · American paddlefish
Translations (35)
io spatulucelo (bird) · mk лажичарка (bird) · he כַּפָּן (bird) · fr spatule (bird) · es espátula (bird) · nan 抐桮 (bird) · cy llwybig (bird) · cmn 琵鷺 /琵鹭 (bird) · ast paletón (bird) · dmw damburrngarna (bird) · gv gob lhean (bird) · bg лопатарка (bird) · ja 箆鷺 (bird) · fo spónnev (bird) · ca espàtula (bird) · pa ਡੋਈ ਬਗ (bird) · it spatola (bird) · ko 저어새 (bird) · pt colhereiro (bird) · nl lepelaar (bird) · la platalea (bird) · nv dááʼadeeʼii (bird) · te తెడ్డుమూతికొంగ (bird) · de Löffler (bird) · uk косар (bird) · cs kolpík (bird) · fi kapustahaikara (bird) · cy llydanbig (bird) · ca becplaner (bird) · sv skedstork (bird) · tr kaşıkçı (bird) · hu kanalasgém (bird) · ru ко́лпица (bird) · da skestork (bird) · ro lopătar (bird)