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Definition of Spoonbills
1. spoonbill [n] - See also: spoonbill
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spoonbills
Literary usage of Spoonbills
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"The members of this order are wading birds, consequently they all have long legs
and necks. They have four toes, not webbed. spoonbills. ..."
2. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"The members of this order are wading birds, consequently they all have long legs
and necks. They have four toes, not webbed. spoonbills. ..."
3. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan by John Lloyd Stephens (1843)
"Take Possession of a Hut. — Great Variety and immense Numbers of Wild Fowl.—Get
Stuck in the Mud.—Flamingoes and spoonbills.—A ludicrous Adventure. ..."
4. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan by John Lloyd Stephens (1848)
"Flamingoes and spoonbills.—A ludicrous Adventure.—Dissection of Birds.—Return to
the Port.—The Quartel.—A Catastrophe. —Departure.—Village of Silan. ..."
5. The Birds of Eastern North America Known to Occur East of the Nineteenth by Charles Barney Cory, Field Museum of Natural History (1899)
"... spoonbills. Bill, wide and flat at the end ; toes, four, all on same level.
Wing, 13 to 17 inches long. \ Hill, flat, widened and rounded ut tip; ..."
6. The Bird Book: Illustrating in Natural Colors More Than Seven Hundred North by Chester Albert Reed (1914)
"... The members of this order are wading birds, consequently they all have long
legs and necks. They have four toes, not webbed. spoonbills. ..."
7. Birds' Nests: An Introduction to the Science of Caliology by Charles Dixon (1902)
"... and the Hoatzin—Of Bonaparte's Gull —Classification of "Open" nests—Nests of
the Albatrosses—Of the Herons and Bitterns—Of the spoonbills and Ibises—Of ..."
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