spoon|bill

spoon|bill
spoon|bill «SPOON BIHL», noun.
1. a long-legged pink wading bird that has a long, flat bill with a spoon-shaped tip. Spoonbills belong to the same family as the ibises.
2. any one of certain other birds having such a bill.
3. = paddlefish. (Cf.paddlefish)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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