spoonbill

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Noun

spoonbill (plural spoonbills)

1. Any of various large, long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, which also includes the ibises, that have a large, flat, spatulate bill.
2. (US) A species of fish, Polyodon spathula, native to the Mississippi/Ohio/Missouri river basin, or extinct close relatives.

Synonyms

• (fish) paddlefish

Translations

• French: spatule
• German: Löffler
• Italian: spatola
• Portuguese: colhereiro
• Russian: ко́лпица
• Spanish: espátula

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