HyperDic: plataleidae

English > 1 sense of the word Plataleidae:
NOUNanimalPlataleidae, family Plataleidaespoonbills
English > Plataleidae: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningspoonbills.
Synonymfamily Plataleidae
Member ofCiconiiformes, order CiconiiformesOrder of chiefly tropical marsh-dwelling fish-eating wading birds with long legs and bills and (except for flamingos) unwebbed feet
MembersPlatalea, genus Plataleatype genus of the Plataleidae
spoonbillwading birds having a long flat bill with a tip like a spoon
Broaderbird familyA family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
Spanishfamilia Plataleidae, Plataleidae

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