spoonbilln.

Brit.

/ˈspuːnbɪl/, U.S.

/ˈspunˌbɪl/

Etymology: < spoon n. + bill n.², after Dutch lepelaar (in Kilian lepeler, lepel-gans), < lepel spoon.

a. Ornithology. One or other of various species of birds belonging to the widely distributed genus Platalea, characterized by having a long spatulate or spoon-shaped bill; esp. the common white species, P. leucorodia.

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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Threskiornithidae (ibises and spoonbills) > genus Platalea > member of (spoonbill)

poppelc1300

popeler1400

spoonbill1678

spatula-bird1750

1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. iii. 288 The Spoon-bill. Platea sive Pelecanus... The Bill is.. of the likeness of a Spoon, whence also the Bird it self is called by the Low Dutch, Lepelaer, that is, Spoon-bill.

1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. iv. 66 The Head of the Shovler or Spoonbill.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 6 The Spoonbill..differs a good deal from the crane, yet approaches this class more than any other.

1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham II. iii. 28 What..that one-foot square of mortality, with an aquatic-volucrine face, like a spoonbill?

1862 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) II. 670 The beak of an adult Spoonbill is about eight inches in length, very much flattened.

c1880 Cassell's Nat. Hist. IV. 188 Only half a dozen species of Spoonbills are known.

b. With distinctive premodifiers.

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1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. iii. 289 Tlauhquechul, or the Mexican Spoon-bill,..feeds only on living fish.

1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. iii. 289 The Brasilian Spoon-bill... In figure..agrees with the European Platea, differing only in colour.

1725 H. Sloane Voy. Islands II. 317 Platea incarnata. The American Scarlet-Pelican, or, Spoon-Bill.

1785 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds III. i. 13 White Spoonbill, Platalea leucorodia.

1785 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds III. i. 16 Roseate Spoonbill, Platalea Ajaja.

1785 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds III. i. 17 Dwarf Spoon-bill, Platalea pygmea.

a1836 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XXIII. 409/1 Platalea Tenuirostris,..Slender-beaked Spoonbill.

1836 Asiatic Researches 19 i. 71 The Pigmy Spoonbill is ash grey above, and white beneath.

1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. 430 The Australian species are—Royal Spoonbill, Platalea regia; Yellow-billed S., P. flavipes.

c. plural. (With capital initial.) The genus Platalea, to which these species belong.

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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Threskiornithidae (ibises and spoonbills) > genus Platalea

spoonbills1819

1819 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. XI. ii. 641 The Spoonbills live in society in the maritime marshes, or near the mouths of great rivers.

1834 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom (abridged ed.) 150 The Spoonbills approximate to the storks in the whole of their structure.

1879 E. P. Wright Animal Life 328 The Spoonbills and Ibises form the family called Plataleidæ.

2. A spatulate or spoon-shaped bill.

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the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > beak or bill > of particular shape

spoonbill1802

1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. xv. 292 In the swan; the web foot, the spoon bill, the long neck,..bear all a relation to one another.

3. Ichthyology. (See quots.)

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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > [noun] > infraclass Chondrostei > order Acipenseriformes > member of family Polydontidae

pallet-fish1686

paddlefish1807

spoonbill1882

spoonbill cat1882

1882 Imperial Dict. IV. 168/1 Spoon-bill,..a name given to a kind of sturgeon (Polyodon spatula) found in the Ohio, Mississippi, &c.

1892 J. A. Thomson Outl. Zool. 430 The paddle-fish or spoon bill of the Mississippi.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

spoonbill bonnet n.

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1881 Daily News 10 Mar. 5/1 When the spoonbill bonnet was abruptly cast aside for the bonnet no bigger than a cheese plate.

spoonbill fashion n.

spoonbill-like adj.

C2.

spoonbill cat n.

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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > [noun] > infraclass Chondrostei > order Acipenseriformes > member of family Polydontidae

pallet-fish1686

paddlefish1807

spoonbill1882

spoonbill cat1882

1882 D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert Synopsis Fishes N. Amer. Polyodon spathula, Paddle-fish; Spoon-bill Cat.

spoonbill duck n.

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1813 G. Montagu Suppl. Ornithol. Dict. at Scaup—Duck Provincial [name]. Spoon-bill Duck.

1874 E. Coues Birds Northwest 570 Spatula clypeata... Shoveller; Spoonbill Duck.

spoonbill snipe n. (see quots.).

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1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 2 June (Suppl.) The extraordinarily rare spoonbill snipe.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	spoonbill
释义	spoonbilln. Brit. /ˈspuːnbɪl/, U.S. /ˈspunˌbɪl/ Etymology: < spoon n. + bill n.², after Dutch lepelaar (in Kilian lepeler, lepel-gans), < lepel spoon. 1. a. Ornithology. One or other of various species of birds belonging to the widely distributed genus Platalea, characterized by having a long spatulate or spoon-shaped bill; esp. the common white species, P. leucorodia. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Threskiornithidae (ibises and spoonbills) > genus Platalea > member of (spoonbill) poppelc1300 popeler1400 spoonbill1678 spatula-bird1750 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. iii. 288 The Spoon-bill. Platea sive Pelecanus... The Bill is.. of the likeness of a Spoon, whence also the Bird it self is called by the Low Dutch, Lepelaer, that is, Spoon-bill. 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. iv. 66 The Head of the Shovler or Spoonbill. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 6 The Spoonbill..differs a good deal from the crane, yet approaches this class more than any other. 1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham II. iii. 28 What..that one-foot square of mortality, with an aquatic-volucrine face, like a spoonbill? 1862 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) II. 670 The beak of an adult Spoonbill is about eight inches in length, very much flattened. c1880 Cassell's Nat. Hist. IV. 188 Only half a dozen species of Spoonbills are known. b. With distinctive premodifiers. ΚΠ 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. iii. 289 Tlauhquechul, or the Mexican Spoon-bill,..feeds only on living fish. 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. iii. 289 The Brasilian Spoon-bill... In figure..agrees with the European Platea, differing only in colour. 1725 H. Sloane Voy. Islands II. 317 Platea incarnata. The American Scarlet-Pelican, or, Spoon-Bill. 1785 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds III. i. 13 White Spoonbill, Platalea leucorodia. 1785 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds III. i. 16 Roseate Spoonbill, Platalea Ajaja. 1785 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds III. i. 17 Dwarf Spoon-bill, Platalea pygmea. a1836 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XXIII. 409/1 Platalea Tenuirostris,..Slender-beaked Spoonbill. 1836 Asiatic Researches 19 i. 71 The Pigmy Spoonbill is ash grey above, and white beneath. 1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. 430 The Australian species are—Royal Spoonbill, Platalea regia; Yellow-billed S., P. flavipes. c. plural. (With capital initial.) The genus Platalea, to which these species belong. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Threskiornithidae (ibises and spoonbills) > genus Platalea spoonbills1819 1819 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. XI. ii. 641 The Spoonbills live in society in the maritime marshes, or near the mouths of great rivers. 1834 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom (abridged ed.) 150 The Spoonbills approximate to the storks in the whole of their structure. 1879 E. P. Wright Animal Life 328 The Spoonbills and Ibises form the family called Plataleidæ. 2. A spatulate or spoon-shaped bill. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > beak or bill > of particular shape spoonbill1802 1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. xv. 292 In the swan; the web foot, the spoon bill, the long neck,..bear all a relation to one another. 3. Ichthyology. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > [noun] > infraclass Chondrostei > order Acipenseriformes > member of family Polydontidae pallet-fish1686 paddlefish1807 spoonbill1882 spoonbill cat1882 1882 Imperial Dict. IV. 168/1 Spoon-bill,..a name given to a kind of sturgeon (Polyodon spatula) found in the Ohio, Mississippi, &c. 1892 J. A. Thomson Outl. Zool. 430 The paddle-fish or spoon bill of the Mississippi. Compounds C1. General attributive. spoonbill bonnet n. ΚΠ 1881 Daily News 10 Mar. 5/1 When the spoonbill bonnet was abruptly cast aside for the bonnet no bigger than a cheese plate. spoonbill fashion n. spoonbill-like adj. C2. spoonbill cat n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > [noun] > infraclass Chondrostei > order Acipenseriformes > member of family Polydontidae pallet-fish1686 paddlefish1807 spoonbill1882 spoonbill cat1882 1882 D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert Synopsis Fishes N. Amer. Polyodon spathula, Paddle-fish; Spoon-bill Cat. spoonbill duck n. ΚΠ 1813 G. Montagu Suppl. Ornithol. Dict. at Scaup—Duck Provincial [name]. Spoon-bill Duck. 1874 E. Coues Birds Northwest 570 Spatula clypeata... Shoveller; Spoonbill Duck. spoonbill snipe n. (see quots.). ΚΠ 1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 2 June (Suppl.) The extraordinarily rare spoonbill snipe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1678
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