Phrase guide

northern shoveler

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Spatula clypeata, formerly Anas clypeata, a duck breeding in northern areas of Europe and across the Palearctic and across most of North America.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mud duck, spoonie

Antonyms: none provided

History

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Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Ahtna: udaditaani — Spatula clypeata
  • Basque: ahate mokozabal — Spatula clypeata
  • Bengali: উত্তুরে খুন্তে-হাঁস (utture khunte-hãs) — Spatula clypeata
  • Catalan: cullerot — Spatula clypeata
  • Catalan: cullera — Spatula clypeata
  • Catalan: ànec paleter — Spatula clypeata
  • Catalan: bec d'espàtula — Spatula clypeata
  • Chinese Mandarin: 琵嘴鸭 (pí zuǐ yā) — Spatula clypeata
  • Czech: lžičák pestrý — Spatula clypeata
  • Danish: skeand — Spatula clypeata
  • Dutch: slobeend — Spatula clypeata
  • Esperanto: kuleranaso — Spatula clypeata
  • Finnish: lapasorsa — Spatula clypeata
  • French: canard souchet — Spatula clypeata
  • German: Löffelente — Spatula clypeata
  • Greek: χουλιαρόπαπια (chouliarópapia) — Spatula clypeata
  • Hungarian: kanalas réce — Spatula clypeata
  • Icelandic: skeiðönd — Spatula clypeata
  • Irish: spadalach tuaisceartach — Spatula clypeata
  • Japanese: ハシビロガモ (hashibirogamo) — Spatula clypeata
  • Kashmiri: ہونٛک (hōnk) — Spatula clypeata
  • Korean: 넓적부리 (neopjeokburi) — Spatula clypeata
  • Lower Tanana: dolodhwgi — Spatula clypeata
  • Lower Tanana: nedreɬdo' — Spatula clypeata
  • Maltese: palettuna — Spatula clypeata
  • Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠯᠪᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ ᠨᠣᠭᠣᠰᠣ (qalbag-a noɣoso) — Spatula clypeata
  • Nepali: बेल्चाठू“डे हा“स (belcāṭhū“ḍe hā“sa) — Spatula clypeata
  • Polish: płaskonos — Spatula clypeata
  • Portuguese: pato-trombeteiro — Spatula clypeata
  • Romanian: rață lingurar — Spatula clypeata
  • Russian: широконоска (širokonoska) — Spatula clypeata
  • Slovak: kačica lyžičiarka — Spatula clypeata
  • Spanish: cuchara común — Spatula clypeata
  • Swedish: skedand — Spatula clypeata
  • Tanacross: daałeeł — Spatula clypeata
  • Thai: เป็ดปากพลั่ว (pèt pàak-phlûa) — Spatula clypeata
  • Turkish: patka — Spatula clypeata
  • Turkish: kaşıkgaga — Spatula clypeata
  • Ottoman Turkish: پاتقه (patka) — Spatula clypeata
  • Ukrainian: широконіска північна (šyrokoniska pivnična) — Spatula clypeata