COMMON SPOONBILL

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Meaning:

Pure white crested spoonbill of southern Eurasia and northeastern Africa

Synonyms:

common spoonbill; Platalea leucorodia

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Nouns denoting animals

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)

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