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spoon food |
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spoonbill
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spoonbill
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun spoonbill has 1 sense
- spoonbill(n = noun.animal) Array - wading birds having a long flat bill with a tip like a spoon; Array is a kind of wader, wading bird
is a member of family plataleidae, plataleidae
has particulars: common spoonbill, platalea leucorodia, ajaia ajaja, roseate spoonbill
CIDE DICTIONARY
spoonbill, n.
Any one of several species of wading birds of the genera Ajaja and Platalea , and allied genera, in which the long bill is broadly expanded and flattened at the tip. [1913 Webster]
" The roseate spoonbill of America (Ajaja ajaja ), and the European spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia ) are the best known. The royal spoonbill (Platalea regia ) of Australia is white, with the skin in front of the eyes naked and black. The male in the breeding season has a fine crest."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
spoonbill, n.
1 any large wading bird of the subfamily Plataleidae, having a bill with a very broad flat tip.
2 a shoveller duck.
1 any large wading bird of the subfamily Plataleidae, having a bill with a very broad flat tip.
2 a shoveller duck.
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