plataleidæ-plataleidæ: meaning, definitions and translations

(NL., ⟨ Platalea + -idæ.] A family of large grallatorial birds of the order Herodiones and suborder Ibides, typified by the genus Platalea, having the long flat bill dilated at the end like a spoon; the spoonbills, or spoon-billed ibises.