spoonbill

n. 琵鹭

发音

US /ˈspunˌbɪl/
其它

词形变化

spoonbills 复数 spoonbills

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of various large, long-legged wading birds of the genus Platalea, in the ibis family Threskiornithidae, that have a large, flat, spatulate bill.

    琵鹭

    抐桮

  2. 2.

    A species of fish, Polyodon spathula, native to the river basins of Mississippi, Ohio, and Missouri, or its extinct close relatives.

    美国

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

wader wading bird

下位词 1

roseate spoonbill

相关短语

Eurasian spoonbill 白琵鹭 royal spoonbill roseate spoonbill 玫瑰琵嘴鹭 yellow-billed spoonbill

词源

From spoon + bill, owing to the shape of the animal's beak.

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