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Latin
Noun
platalea f (genitive plataleae); first declension
- spoonbill
Declension
First-declension noun.
References
- “platalea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “platalea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- platalea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.