spoonbill

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˈspunˌbɪl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of various large, long-legged wading birds of the genus Platalea, in the ibis family Threskiornithidae, that have a large, flat, spatulate bill.
  2. A species of fish, Polyodon spathula, native to the river basins of Mississippi, Ohio, and Missouri, or its extinct close relatives. US

词形变化

spoonbills plural

词汇关系

衍生词
African spoonbill black-faced spoonbill Eurasian spoonbill roseate spoonbill royal spoonbill yellow-billed spoonbill

词源

From spoon + bill, owing to the shape of the animal's beak.
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