spoonbill

English

noun

Definitions

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

Etymology

Compound from English spoon + English bill (note of charges for goods, the point of beyond the fluke, sheet of paper, cutting instrument, list).

Origin

English

bill

Gloss

note of charges for goods, the point of beyond the fluke, sheet of paper, cutting instrument, list

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Christmas tree bill English
Eurobill English
acockbill English
adzebill English
bill English
billability English
billable English
billboard English
biller English
billfish English
billfold English
billhead English
billholder English
billhook English
billlike English
billman English
billpayer English
billpaying English
billposter English
billposting English
billsticker English
billsticking English
bluebill English
boatbill English
bristlebill English
broadbill English
brown-bill English
conebill English
cranesbill English
crookbill English
crossbill English
crowbill English
dessertspoon English
duckbill English
duebill English
earspoon English
flatbill English
handbill English
hawksbill English
hedgebill English
hookbill English
hornbill English
ibisbill English
ivorybill English
misbill English
openbill English
overbill English
parrotbill English
playbill English
prebill English
razorbill English
rebill English
ringbill English
rosybill English
sabrebill English
saddlebill English
saltspoon English
sawbill English
scimitarbill English
scissorbill English
sharpbill English
shearbill English
sheathbill English
shoebill English
shovelbill English
showbill English
sicklebill English
silverbill English
softbill English
soupspoon English
spikebill English
spinebill English
spoon English
spoon excavator English
spoon-feed English
spoonable English
spoonbait English
spoonbender English
spoonbending English
spoonbilled English
spoonbread English
spooner English
spoonflower English
spoonful English
spoonist English
spoonless English
spoonlike English
spoonmeat English
spoonplug English
spoonways English
spoonwing English
spoonwise English
spoonwood English
spoonworm English
spoonwort English
spoony English
storksbill English
superbill English
swanbill English
swordbill English
tablespoon English
teaspoon English
thickbill English
thornbill English
toothbill English
topbill English
underbill English
waxbill English
waybill English
wedgebill English
weebill English
whitebill English
wrybill English
yellowbill English
bill French
スプーン Japanese
bill Middle English
bille Middle English
spoon Middle English
bille Irish
spúnóg Irish
बिल Hindi
บิล Thai
bil Welsh
బిల్లు Telugu
bille Norman
스푼 Korean
isipunu Zulu
bil Tok Pisin
spun Tok Pisin
ໃບບິນ Lao
sipunu Swati
bil Hausa
spun Sranan Tongo
spud Lushootseed
chipunu Shona
shivun Kumak