spoonbill

[ Eng.spoon, s., and bill.] 1. Ichthy.: The genus Polyodon (q. v.). 2. Ornith .: Any individual of the genus Platalea (q. v.); spec if., Platalea leuco rod i a , the White Spoonbill, found over the greater part of Europe and Asia, and the north of Africa. The adult male is about thirty-two inches long; plumage white with pale pink tinge; at the junction of the neck with the breast there is a band of buffy yellow; the naked skin on the throat is yellow; legs and feet black; bill about eight inches long, very much flattened and grooved at the base, the expanded portion yellow, the rest black. There is a white occipital crest in both sexes. The Spoonbill po e es no power of modulating its voice. The windpipe is bent on itself, like the figure 8, the coils applied to each other and held in place by a thin membrane. This peculiarity does not exist in young birds. The Roseate Spoonbill ( P. ajaja ) , a native of this country, has rose-colored plumage. spoôn-eỹ, s. & a. [Eng.spoon; -ey.] A. As subst.: A stupid or silly fellow; a noodle, a spoon. ( Slang.) "Yes, Captain Waldron averred, he was a spooney ; that was the right name for a man who let himself be played with as she had played with him."- Mac mill an's Maga zine, Nov., 1869, p. 65. B. As adj .: Spoony. spoôn'-ful ( plural spoôn'-fuls), spoôn'-full, *spone-ful, *spoone-full, subst. [Eng. spoon, s.; -ful(1).] 1. As much as a spoon will contain. "Devour the whole dish without offering a spoonful to Her Royal Highne ."-Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. xi. 2. Any small quantity. "At least of as much importance as what we take seldom, and only by grains and spoonfuls . " - Arbuthnot . spoôn-1-lý, adv . [English spoony ; -ly .] In a weak or spoony manner; like a spoon. spoôn'-wõrt, subst . [Eng. spoon , and wort .] So nained because its leaf is shaped like an old fashioned spoon. ( Prior .) Bot . Cochlear i a officinal is .