Platalea

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Latin platalea. Coined by Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist Carl Linnaeus in 1758. === Proper noun === Platalea f A taxonomic genus within the family Threskiornithidae – the spoonbills. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Saurornithes – informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae – clades; Carinatae – subclass; Neornithes – infraclass; Neognathae – parvclass; Pelecaniformes – order; Threskiornithidae – family; Plataleinae - subfamily ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Platalea leucorodia - type species; Platalea ajaja, Platalea alba, Platalea flavipes, Platalea minor, Platalea regia - other species === References === Spoonbill on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Platalea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Platalea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Gill, F.; Wright, M. (2006), Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN.