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spoonbill

noun
/ˈspunˌbɪl/US

Etymology

From spoon + bill, owing to the shape of the animal's beak.

  1. derived from bulla
  2. derived from bulle
  3. derived from bille
  4. inherited from bille
  5. compounded as spoonbill — “spoon + bill”

Definitions

  1. Any of various large, long-legged wading birds of the genus Platalea, in the ibis family…

    Any of various large, long-legged wading birds of the genus Platalea, in the ibis family Threskiornithidae, that have a large, flat, spatulate bill.

  2. A species of fish, Polyodon spathula, native to the river basins of Mississippi, Ohio,…

    A species of fish, Polyodon spathula, native to the river basins of Mississippi, Ohio, and Missouri, or its extinct close relatives.

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