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Plataleidae

noun

spoonbills

• Syn: ↑family Plataleidae

• Hypernyms: ↑bird family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Ciconiiformes, ↑order Ciconiiformes

• Member Meronyms: ↑spoonbill, ↑Platalea, ↑genus Platalea

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\\ˌplad.əˈlēəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Platalea, type genus (from Latin platalea spoonbill) + -idae; akin to Greek platys flat, broad — more at place

: a family of birds (order Ciconiiformes) that consists of the spoonbills and is often ranked as a subfamily of Threskiornithidae

Useful english dictionary. 2012.