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spoonbill
/ ˈspuːnˌbɪl /
noun
- any of several wading birds of warm regions, such as Platalea leucorodia ( common spoonbill ) and Ajaia ajaja ( roseate spoonbill ), having a long horizontally flattened bill: family Threskiornithidae, order Ciconiiformes
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Word History and Origins
Origin of spoonbill1
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Example Sentences
So the Prince gave her back her shift, and she immediately turned into a spoonbill and flew away after her companions.
Among them, the scarlet ibis and roseate spoonbill excelled all others in gorgeousness of colouring.
The white ibis (Ibis melanocephala) is another wading bird, rather smaller than the spoonbill and with considerably shorter legs.
The beak is flattened laterally, that is in a plane at right angles to that of a Spoonbill or Duck.
Joseph Dixon implies that the eggs resemble those of the spoonbill sandpiper.
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