a table utensil of indefinite form referred to by Edward Lear in his humorous poem “The Owl and the Pussycat” (1871): term later applied to any of various utensils with broad tines and a spoonlike shape
See runcible spoon in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(rŭnˈsə-bəl)
noun
A three-pronged fork, such as a pickle fork, curved like a spoon and having a cutting edge.