Spoonbill

Origin

From spoon + bill, owing to the shape of the animals' heads.

Full definition of spoonbill

Noun

1. Any of various large, long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, which also includes the ibises, that have a large, flat, spatulate bill.
2. (US) A species of fish, , native to the Mississippi/Ohio/Missouri river basin, or extinct close relatives.

Synonyms

• (fish) paddlefish