spoonbill

English - Turkish

Definition of spoonbill in English Turkish dictionary: spatül kuşu; kaşıklı balıkçıl; kaşıkçı balıkçıl; kaşıkçın; i., zool. kaşıkçın, kaşıkgaga; Spatula clypeata; kaşıkçı
roseate spoonbill: güllük gülistanlık kaşıkçı

English - English

Definition of spoonbill in English English dictionary: A species of fish, Polyodon Spathula, native to the Mississippi/Missouri river basin; Any of various large, long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, which also includes the ibises, that have a large, flat, spatulate bill; {n} a bird with a beak like a spoon; wading birds having a long flat bill with a tip like a spoon; The paddlefish; {i} large wading bird with a long bill with a broad flat tip; See Shoveler, 2; Any one of several species of wading birds of the genera Ajaja and Platalea, and allied genera, in which the long bill is broadly expanded and flattened at the tip; The ruddy duck; The shoveler; See under Ruddy; Any of six species (family Threskiornithidae) of long-necked, long-legged wading birds, inhabitants of Old and New World estuaries, saltwater bayous, and lakes. They are 24-32 in. (60-80 cm) long and have a short tail and a long, straight bill that is spatulate at the tip. Most species are white, sometimes rose-tinged; the roseate spoonbill (Ajaia ajaja) of North and South America is deep pink and strikingly beautiful. With a side-to-side motion of the bill, they sweep mud and shallow water for fishes and crustaceans. They fly with neck and legs extended and wings flapping steadily. Breeding colonies build stick nests in low bushes and trees. Some species, including the black-billed spoonbill, are endangered. See also ibis
common spoonbill: pure white crested spoonbill of southern Eurasia and northeastern Africa
roseate spoonbill: tropical rose-colored New World spoonbill
roseate spoonbill: A New World species of spoonbill (Ajaia ajaja) having rosy or pinkish plumage and, in the adult, a bare head
spoonbills: plural of spoonbill
spoonbills: plataleidae