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Spoonbill

//ˈspunˌbɪl// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    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. 2
    wading birds having a long flat bill with a tip like a spoon wordnet
  3. 3
    A species of fish, Polyodon spathula, native to the river basins of Mississippi, Ohio, and Missouri, or its extinct close relatives. US

Etymology

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

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