roseate spoonbill

roseate spoonbill

n. A long-legged wading bird (Platalea ajaja) of the Americas, having rosy or pinkish plumage and, in the adult, a bare head.

ro′seate spoon′bill

n. a spoonbill, Ajaia ajaja, of warmer parts of the New World, having rose-colored plumage and a bare head. [1780–85]

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roseate spoonbill - tropical rose-colored New World spoonbillAjaia ajajaspoonbill - wading birds having a long flat bill with a tip like a spoonAjaia, genus Ajaia - a genus of Platalea