ˌplad.əˈlēəˌdē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Platalea, type genus (from Latin platalea spoonbill) + -idae; akin to Greek platys flat, broad — more at place
: a family of birds (order Ciconiiformes) that consists of the spoonbills and is often ranked as a subfamily of Threskiornithidae