run·ci·ble spoon (rŭn'sə-bəl) n. A three-pronged fork, such as a pickle fork, curved like a spoon and having a cutting edge.
[Coined by Edward Lear, perhaps alteration of rounceval, big woman, large pea, wart, monster, huge, from Roncevaux (Roncesvalles), site where giant bones were found.]