COMMON SPOONBILL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does common spoonbill mean? 

• COMMON SPOONBILL (noun)
  The noun COMMON SPOONBILL has 1 sense:

1. pure white crested spoonbill of southern Eurasia and northeastern Africa

  Familiarity information: COMMON SPOONBILL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMMON SPOONBILL (noun)

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Meaning:

Pure white crested spoonbill of southern Eurasia and northeastern Africa

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

common spoonbill; Platalea leucorodia

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)