Logo The Wordsmith Dictionary
Exact matches only Allow stemming Match all embedded
Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SPOON-BILL

n.[spoon and bill. ] A fowl of the grallic order, and genus Platatea, so named from the shape of its bill, which is somewhat like a spoon or spatula. Its plumage is white beautiful.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SPOON-BILLED

SPOON-BILLED Spoon "-billed `, a. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Having the bill expanded and spatulate at the end.