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ROSEATE SPOONBILL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does roseate spoonbill mean?
• ROSEATE SPOONBILL (noun)
The noun ROSEATE SPOONBILL has 1 sense:
1. tropical rose-colored New World spoonbill
Familiarity information: ROSEATE SPOONBILL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical rose-colored New World spoonbill
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Ajaia ajaja; roseate spoonbill
Hypernyms ("roseate spoonbill" is a kind of...):
spoonbill (wading birds having a long flat bill with a tip like a spoon)
Holonyms ("roseate spoonbill" is a member of...):
Ajaia; genus Ajaia (a genus of Platalea)
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