1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau 6 b/2 That instrumente which we call the spoonewyse or spoonefashoned bullet-drawer.
1822 J. Parkinson 178 Myariæ—Bivalves;..a spoon-formed tooth on one or both valves.
1896 R. Lydekker V. 513 The spoon~beaked sturgeon (Polyodon folius) of the Mississippi.