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单词 shoebill
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shoebill

[ shoo-bil ]
/ ˈʃuˌbɪl /

noun

a large, African, storklike bird, Balaeniceps rex, having a broad, flattened bill shaped somewhat like a shoe.

Origin of shoebill

First recorded in1870–75; shoe + bill2

Words nearby shoebill

shockumentary, shock wave, shod, shoddy, shoe, shoebill, shoeblack, shoe boil, shoebox, shoebrush, shoehorn
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Example sentences from the Web for shoebill

  • Hastily I rushed her out into the garden, where the Shoebill regarded her with one eye of prehistoric wisdom.

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British Dictionary definitions for shoebill

shoebill
/ (ˈʃuːˌbɪl) /

noun

a large wading bird, Balaeniceps rex, of tropical E African swamps, having a dark plumage, a large head, and a large broad bill: family Balaenicipitidae, order Ciconiiformes

Word Origin for shoebill

C19: so named because of the shape of its bill
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