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Significados de spoonbill en inglés

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веслонос
portugués
plateinae
español
pez espatula
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polyodon spathula
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A planktivorous freshwater fish in the Polyodontidae family native to North America.

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        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.
        News.com.au
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        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.
        Wired
        Uso de spoonbill en inglés
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        What sort of a boat do you want-schooner ,yawl ,cutteror spoonbill?
        Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, May 28, 1919
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        They returned with only a red wallabi (Halmaturus agilis) and a spoonbill.
        Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia / From Moreton Ba...
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        They had shot, however, only one teal and a spoonbill.
        Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia / From Moreton Ba...
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        Among them, the scarlet ibis and roseate spoonbill excelled all others in gorgeousness of colouring.
        The Wanderers; Or, Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orino...
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        You blooming spoonbill, get inter that!
        Under Handicap / A Novel
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        The beak is flattened laterally, that is, in a plane at right angles to that of a spoonbill or duck.
        The Voyage of the Beagle
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        So the Prince gave her back her shift, and she immediately turned into a spoonbill and flew away after her companions.
        Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore
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        The "plume-hunters" have practically exterminated the plume-bearing egrets, wholly annihilated the roseate spoonbill, the flamingo, and also the Carolina parrakeet.
        Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation
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        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.
        The Guardian
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        Malayan porcupines, leopard cats, and black-faced spoonbills also enjoy refuge in these parks.
        BBC
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        The character of Lord Spoonbill is struck out with singular felicity and spirit:-
        The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 12,...
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        Species on the marsh include marsh harriers, bitterns, avocets and spoonbills.
        BBC
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        Indian peafowl also roam, as do spoonbills, pelicans and painted storks.
        News.com.au
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        Among them were tall flamingoes, rose-coloured spoonbills, snow-white egrets, and countless other water-fowl.
        In the Wilds of Africa
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        Shovelers, 'spoonbills' to many, are early migrants, moving out at the first frost.
        Ducks at a Distance: A Waterfowl Identification Guide
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        The Spoonbill is included in Professor Ansted's list, and marked as occurring in Guernsey.
        Birds of Guernsey (1879) / And the Neighbouring Islands: Alderne...