| Pronunciation: | | 'shoo`bil
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[n] large stork-like bird of the valley of the White Nile with a broad bill suggesting a wooden shoe |
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SHOEBILL is a 8 letter word that starts with S. |
| | Synonyms: | | Balaeniceps rex, shoebird |
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| | See Also: | | Balaeniceps, genus Balaeniceps, wader, wading bird |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Shoe"bill`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A large African wading bird ({Bal[ae]niceps rex}) allied to
the storks and herons, and remarkable for its enormous broad
swollen bill. It inhabits the valley of the White Nile. See
Illust. (l.) of {Beak}.
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