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spoonbill definition

spoon·bill (spo̵̅o̅n′bil′)

noun

  1. any of several wading birds (family Threskiornithidae) with a broad, flat bill that is spoon-shaped at the tip; esp., the roseate spoonbill (Ajaia ajaja) of North and South America
  2. any of a number of other birds with a bill like this, as a shoveler duck
  3. ☆ paddlefish

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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