Etymology

spoonbill

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Today it means: Any of various large, long-legged wading birds of the genus Platalea, in the ibis family Threskiornithidae, that have a large, flat, spatulate bill. Full definition →

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The story

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

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