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shoebills

shoebills is the plural of shoebill.

Meaning of shoebill

Noun

shoebill (plural shoebills)

  1. Balaeniceps rex, a tall wading bird related to the stork, native to tropical African swamps; the sole species of the family Balaenicipitidae.
    • The Shoebill is distinctive in many aspects of its biology, and is thus, we feel, most appropriately placed in its own family, the Balaenicipitidae (L. Buxton et al. 1978, Kahl 1979a). The fact that we have included it in this book, while excluding the Hamerkop, indicates that we believe the...1992, James Hancock, James A. Kushlan, M. Philip Kahl, Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills of the World, published 2010, unnumbered page
    Synonyms:
    whalehead

Questions about shoebills

What is shoebills the plural of?
Shoebills is the plural of shoebill.

Words near shoebills in the dictionary

  1. shoebag
  2. shoebags
  3. shoebeam
  4. shoebeams
  5. shoebill
  6. shoebills
  7. shoebite
  8. shoebites
  9. shoeblack
  10. shoeblacks
  11. shoebomber

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