Plataleinae
Translingual
Wikispecies
Alternative forms
- Plateinae
Etymology
Platalea + -inae
Proper noun
Plataleinae
- A taxonomic subfamily within the family Threskiornithidae – the spoonbills.
Hypernyms
- (subfamily): 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; Ciconiiformes - order; Threskiornithidae - family
Hyponyms
- (subfamily): Platalea - the only genus