Meanings
nounspadebill (plural spadebills)
plural spadebills
- Any of the birds in the genus Platyrinchus
Birds which tend to stick to the canopy are seldom seen without considerable neck pain; but there are several species which occupy a niche close to the forest floor and are just as infrequently encountered, such as the diminutive white-throated spadebill.
2021 January 3, “Secret birds of Tobago”, in Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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