plataleiform

plataleiform
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Etymology: Latin platalea spoonbill + English -iform
: resembling a spoonbill : spoon-billed

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plataleiform, a. Ornith.
(pləˈteɪliːɪfɔːm)
[f. L. platalea the spoonbill (a bird) + -form.]
Like a spoonbill in form or structure. So plataleine (pləˈteɪliːaɪn) a. [-ine1], related to the genus Platalea, including the spoonbills.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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