spoonbill
nounUS /ˈspunˌbɪl/
Etymology From spoon + bill, owing to the shape of the animal's beak.
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
US A species of fish, Polyodon spathula, native to the river basins of Mississippi, Ohio, and Missouri, or its extinct close relatives.
- Derived terms
- African spoonbill, black-faced spoonbill, Eurasian spoonbill, roseate spoonbill, royal spoonbill, yellow-billed spoonbill