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COMMON SPOONBILL
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Pure white crested spoonbill of southern Eurasia and northeastern Africa
Synonyms:
common spoonbill; Platalea leucorodia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("common spoonbill" is a kind of...):
spoonbill (wading birds having a long flat bill with a tip like a spoon)
Holonyms ("common spoonbill" is a member of...):
genus Platalea; Platalea (type genus of the Plataleidae)