HyperDic: balaeniceps_rex

English > 1 sense of the expression Balaeniceps rex:
NOUNanimalBalaeniceps rex, shoebill, shoebirdlarge stork-like bird of the valley of the White Nile with a broad bill suggesting a wooden shoe
English > Balaeniceps rex: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaninglarge stork-like bird of the valley of the White Nile with a broad bill suggesting a wooden shoe.
Synonymsshoebill, shoebird
Member ofBalaeniceps, genus Balaenicepstype genus of the Balaenicipitidae
Broaderwading bird, waderAny of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food
Spanishbalaeniceps rex, picozapato
Catalanbalaeniceps rex, bec d'esclop

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