Definitions for spoonbill

spoonbill spoon·bill

Spelling: [spoon-bil]
IPA: /ˈspunˌbɪl/

Spoonbill is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 252 anagrams from letters in spoonbill (billnoops).

Definitions for spoonbill

noun

  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.

Origin of spoonbill

First recorded in 1670-80; spoon + bill2

Examples for spoonbill

Might it not have done Lord spoonbill good to have witnessed this scene?

This spring, though many remained in the marisma, not a spoonbill nested in the district at all.

They returned with only a red wallabi (Halmaturus agilis) and a spoonbill.

I have seen pictures in some of the Gurnah tombs which, though crudely drawn, were undoubtedly meant for the spoonbill.

Many popular names have been given to it, such as Spadebill, spoonbill, Duckbill.

What sort of a boat do you want—schooner, yawl, cutter or spoonbill?

By this gallant officer Lord spoonbill was now accompanied to Smatterton castle.

Penelope exercised a considerable degree of self-command in introducing Lord spoonbill so composedly to her father.

He felt it impossible that she should love a profligate or a blockhead, and he knew Lord spoonbill to be both.

Birds of the same habits are found beside it—the ibis, pigeon, spoonbill, and toucan are seen feeding together.

Word Value for spoonbill
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Words with friends

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