spoonbill
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spoonbill
- /ˈspunˌbɪl/ US
Where it comes from
From spoon + bill, owing to the shape of the animal's beak.
noun spoonbills
- Any of various large, long-legged wading birds of the genus Platalea, in the ibis family Threskiornithidae, that have a large, flat, spatulate bill.
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A species of fish, Polyodon spathula, native to the river basins of Mississippi, Ohio, and Missouri, or its extinct close relatives.
Similar: paddlefish, American paddlefish
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Talk about this word "spoonbill." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/spoonbill. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. spoonbill. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/spoonbill "spoonbill." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/spoonbill.Cite this
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title = {spoonbill},
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