spoonbill

Any of several long-legged wading birds of the genus Platalea, having a long, flat bill with a broadly spatulate tip.

Any of various broad-billed ducks, such as the shoveler.

In ornithology: A large grallatorial bird of either of the genera Platalea and Aiaia: so called from the broad, flat, spatulate dilatation of the end of the bill, likened to a spoon. See cuts under Platalea and aiaia.

The shoveler-duck, Spatula clypeata. See cut under shoveler.

The scaupduck, Fuligula marila. See cut under scaup.

The ruddy duck. Erismatura rubida; the broadbill: more fully called spoon-billed butterball. See cut under Erismatura.

In ichthyology, the spoon-billed cat, or paddle-fish, Polyodon spatula. See cuts under paddle-fish.

Any one of several species of wading birds of the genera Ajaja and Platalea, and allied genera, in which the long bill is broadly expanded and flattened at the tip.