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# spoonbill

noun (spoonbills)

«spoonbill» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A spoonbill is a wading bird with a long, flat bill shaped like a spoon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoonbill/#m1)

### In the lessons

in the tales, a bird that can turn into a fair maiden, then back into a bird

### Examples

- Twelve spoonbills came flying and struck the moist earth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoonbill/#x1)
- She turned into a spoonbill and flew away after her companions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoonbill/#x2)

### Note

a count of birds: each spoonbill counts as one bird

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «spoonbill» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoonbill/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«spoonbill» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/spoonbill.html) on Mova free.