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Meanings of spoonbill in English
A planktivorous freshwater fish in the Polyodontidae family native to North America.
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Examples for "platalea"
Examples for "platalea"
1
The American paddlefish is a protected species, while the only other species of the fish, the Chinese paddlefish, is believed to have recently become extinct.
2
Sturgeon have receptors in the skin of their heads, for example, and the North American paddlefish has 70,000 receptors in its snout and head.
Usage of spoonbill in English
1
What sort of a boat do you want-schooner ,yawl ,cutteror spoonbill?
2
They returned with only a red wallabi (Halmaturus agilis) and a spoonbill.
3
They had shot, however, only one teal and a spoonbill.
4
Among them, the scarlet ibis and roseate spoonbill excelled all others in gorgeousness of colouring.
5
You blooming spoonbill, get inter that!
6
The beak is flattened laterally, that is, in a plane at right angles to that of a spoonbill or duck.
7
So the Prince gave her back her shift, and she immediately turned into a spoonbill and flew away after her companions.
8
The "plume-hunters" have practically exterminated the plume-bearing egrets, wholly annihilated the roseate spoonbill, the flamingo, and also the Carolina parrakeet.
9
When I settled in at the Jawbone the other day, I saw a spoonbill and a white-faced heron feeding side by side, two companionable humps.
10
Malayan porcupines, leopard cats, and black-faced spoonbills also enjoy refuge in these parks.
11
The character of Lord Spoonbill is struck out with singular felicity and spirit:-
12
Species on the marsh include marsh harriers, bitterns, avocets and spoonbills.
13
Indian peafowl also roam, as do spoonbills, pelicans and painted storks.
14
Among them were tall flamingoes, rose-coloured spoonbills, snow-white egrets, and countless other water-fowl.
15
Shovelers, 'spoonbills' to many, are early migrants, moving out at the first frost.
16
The Spoonbill is included in Professor Ansted's list, and marked as occurring in Guernsey.
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Spanish
Spoonbill through the time