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spoon•bill



Pronunciation: (spOOn'bil"), [key]
—n.
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.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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