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PLATALEA LEUCORODIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Platalea leucorodia mean?
• PLATALEA LEUCORODIA (noun)
The noun PLATALEA LEUCORODIA has 1 sense:
1. pure white crested spoonbill of southern Eurasia and northeastern Africa
Familiarity information: PLATALEA LEUCORODIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pure white crested spoonbill of southern Eurasia and northeastern Africa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
common spoonbill; Platalea leucorodia
Hypernyms ("Platalea leucorodia" is a kind of...):
spoonbill (wading birds having a long flat bill with a tip like a spoon)
Holonyms ("Platalea leucorodia" is a member of...):
genus Platalea; Platalea (type genus of the Plataleidae)
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