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spoonbills

spoonbills is the plural of spoonbill.

Meaning of spoonbill

Noun

spoonbill (plural spoonbills)

  1. Any of various large, long-legged wading birds of the genus Platalea, in the ibis family Threskiornithidae, that have a large, flat, spatulate bill.
  2. (US) A species of fish, Polyodon spathula, native to the river basins of Mississippi, Ohio, and Missouri, or its extinct close relatives.

Phrases with spoonbills

Questions about spoonbills

What is spoonbills the plural of?
Spoonbills is the plural of spoonbill.

Words near spoonbills in the dictionary

  1. spoonbenders
  2. spoonbending
  3. spoonbill
  4. spoonbilled
  5. spoonbilled cat
  6. spoonbills
  7. spoonbowl
  8. spoonbowls
  9. spoonbread
  10. spoonbreads
  11. spoonclam

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