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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Spoonbill

/(-bĭl`)/ · Spoon·bill · IPA /ˈspunˌbɪl/
01 n. Any one of several species of wading birds of the genera Ajaja and Platalea, and allied genera, in which the long bill is broadly expanded …
  1. 1.
    Any one of several species of wading birds of the genera Ajaja and Platalea, and allied genera, in which the long bill is broadly expanded and flattened at the tip.(Zool.)
  2. 2.
    The shoveler. See Shoveler, 2. See: Shoveler