spoonbill

Meaning

Noun

• Any of various large, long-legged wading birds in the ibis family Threskiornithidae, that have a large, flat, spatulate bill.
• A species of fish, Polyodon spathula, native to the Mississippi/Ohio/Missouri river basin, or extinct close relatives.

Origin

• From spoon + bill, owing to the shape of the animal's beak.