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Image:Spoonbill50.jpg|thumb|right|150px|a spoonbill (bird) (Platalea leucorodia)
Image:Paddlefish.jpg|thumb|right|200px|spoonbill (fish)
Etymology
From spoon + bill, owing to the shape of the animals' heads.
Noun
en-noun
- Any of various large, long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, which also includes the ibises, that have a large, flat, spatulate bill.
- US A species of fish, Polyodon Spathula, native to the Mississippi/Missouri river basin.
Translations
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Dutch: lepelaar m
Italian: spatola f
Japanese: ���� (herasagi)
Korean: ì �ì�´ì�� (jeoeosae)
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Spanish: espátula f
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Synonyms
paddlefish (fish)
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Category:Fish
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