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spoon⋅bill

  [spoon-bil]
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–noun
1. any of several wading birds of the family Plataleidae, related to the ibises, having a long, flat bill with a spoonlike tip.
2. any of various birds having a similar bill, as the shoveler duck.
3. the paddlefish.
Origin:
1670–80; spoon + bill 2
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pad·dle·fish   (pād'l-fĭsh')   
n.   pl. paddlefish or pad·dle·fish·es
A fish of the family Polyodontidae, having a long paddle-shaped snout, especially Polyodon spathula of the Mississippi River basin. Also called spoonbill.
spoon·bill   (spōōn'bĭl')   
n.  

    1. Any of several long-legged wading birds of the genus Platalea, similar to the ibis but having a long, flat bill with a broadly spatulate tip.

    2. Any of various broad-billed ducks, such as the shoveler.

  2. See paddlefish.

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