Shoebill definitions

Shoebill

1) Balaeniceps rex 2) Bird of Sub-Saharan Africa 3) Shoebird 4) Wader 5) Wading bird
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Shoebill

1) Shoebird
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Shoebill

The shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) also known as whalehead or shoe-billed stork, is a very large stork-like bird. It derives its name from its massive shoe-shaped bill. Although it has a somewhat stork-like overall form and has previously been classified in the order Ciconiiformes, its true affiliations with other living birds is ambiguous. Some autho...
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Shoebill

• (n.) A large African wading bird (Balaeniceps 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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shoebill

(species Balaeniceps rex), large African wading bird, a single species that constitutes the family Balaenicipitidae (order Ciconiiformes). Shoebills ... [1 related articles]
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Shoebill

Shoe'bill` noun (Zoology) A large African wading bird ( Balæniceps 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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shoebill

[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

A large, stork-like water bird endemic to Africa; it has a huge, shoe-shaped, hooked bill for seizing large fish. It is the only member of its family, Balaenicipitidae.
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shoebill

shoebird noun large stork-like bird of the valley of the White Nile with a broad bill suggesting a wooden shoe
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shoebill

Large, grey, long-legged, swamp-dwelling African bird Balaeniceps rex. Up to 1.5 m/5 ft tall, it has a large wide beak 20 cm/8 in long and more than 10 cm/4 in wide, with which it scoops fish, molluscs, reptiles, and carrion out of the mud. Shoebills occupy larg...
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