spoonbill
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From spoon + bill, owing to the shape of the animals' heads.
[edit] Noun
spoonbill (plural spoonbills)
- Any of various large, long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, which also includes the ibises, that have a large, flat, spatulate bill.
- (US) A species of fish, Polyodon Spathula, native to the Mississippi/Missouri river basin.
[edit] Translations
bird
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paddlefish — see paddlefish
[edit] Synonyms
- paddlefish (fish)
