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Spoonbill   Listen
noun
Spoonbill  n.  (Zool.)
(a)
Any one of several species of wading birds of the genera Ajaja and Platalea, and allied genera, in which the long bill is broadly expanded and flattened at the tip. Note: The roseate spoonbill of America (Ajaja ajaja), and the European spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) are the best known. The royal spoonbill (Platalea regia) of Australia is white, with the skin in front of the eyes naked and black. The male in the breeding season has a fine crest.
(b)
The shoveler. See Shoveler, 2.
(c)
The ruddy duck. See under Ruddy.
(d)
The paddlefish.





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"Spoonbill" Quotes from Famous Books



... note also the rapidly decreasing numbers of the Sandhill Crane and the Limpkin of Florida. They are being shot for food. The large White Egret, the Snowy Egret, and the Roseate Spoonbill are found in lessening numbers each {135} year because they have been commercialized. There is a demand in the feather trade which can be met only by the use of their plumage, and as no profitable means has been devised ...
— The Bird Study Book • Thomas Gilbert Pearson


Words linked to "Spoonbill" :   family Plataleidae, wader, wading bird, Ajaia ajaja, Plataleidae, Platalea leucorodia, spoonbill catfish


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