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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.
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Among them, the scarlet ibis and roseate spoonbill excelled all others in gorgeousness of colouring.
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The white ibis (Ibis melanocephala) is another wading bird, rather smaller than the spoonbill and with considerably shorter legs.
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The beak is flattened laterally, that is in a plane at right angles to that of a Spoonbill or Duck.
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Joseph Dixon implies that the eggs resemble those of the spoonbill sandpiper.
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